Re: The Olympics Thread

[Gary 111]

Not much in Athletics or Cycling.

Fark me - is there really 33 medals to be handed out for Weightlifting/Wrestling!!?

I think China have the best 110m hurdles male, and some of their female middle distance runners are pretty good.

[JKLever]

It certainly pays to be half decent at one of the sports where there are a load of events.

Rowing (14)
Sailing (11)
Cycling (18 )

The majority of our golds should come from these...

[eowyn]

They should bring the tug-o-war back too.

[JGK]

. Athletics is really what the Olympics is all about.
...

The Olympics is all about doped up black men wearing skin tight lycra?

[PearlJ]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

[JGK]

HAve to say, it is certainly weird seeing a country like Austria in the beach volleyball!

[JKLever]

HAve to say, it is certainly weird seeing a country like Austria in the beach volleyball!

Even weirder when a landlocked country is there and we're not!

[JGK]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

The 7s was fanstastic in the last Commonwealth Games. It would be as valid as under 23s soccer or handball.

[JKLever]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

Aye. Any idea what extra sports are proposed for 2012 yet? I know they're dropping Baseball...

[eowyn]

. Athletics is really what the Olympics is all about.
...

The Olympics is all about doped up black men wearing skin tight lycra?

No, it's about who can run the fastest, jump higher and further and chuck things the furthest. There must be some drunkard Scots who have missed their calling.....

[Gary 111]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

The Uk is campaigning for Rugby 7's and 20/20 cricket to be included as special events for the 2012 games.

Would be brilliant if they were included - they have just as much right to be there as tennis, football, hockey, basketball & handball, etc.

Plus, there is the bonus that quite a few of the Olympic sports are deadly dull - the likes of sychronised swimming, marathon running, that weird walking sport and shooting spring to mind. Rugby 7's and cricket would pack out stadiums and provide brilliant entertainment. It would be class.

[eowyn]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

Aye. Any idea what extra sports are proposed for 2012 yet? I know they're dropping Baseball...

They're dropping softball too.

[PearlJ]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

Aye. Any idea what extra sports are proposed for 2012 yet? I know they're dropping Baseball...

Sevens is the only one I know about. There are a couple more but I doubt they would be as good or as competitive as sevens.

It would be really good because the whole thing could be done in a couple of days.

[eowyn]

No extras in London it seems, down to 26 sports.

Rule 48.1 of the Olympic Charter requires that there be a minimum of 15 Olympic sports at each Summer Games. Following its 114th Session (Mexico 2002), the IOC also decided to limit the programme of the Summer Games to a maximum of 28 sports, 301 events, and 10,500 athletes. The Olympic sports are defined as those governed by the International Federations listed in Rule 46 of the Olympic Charter. A two-thirds vote of the IOC is required to amend the Charter to promote a Recognised Federation to Olympic status and therefore make the sports it governs eligible for inclusion on the Olympic programme. Rule 47 of the Charter requires that only Olympic sports may be included in the programme.

The IOC reviews the Olympic programme at the first Session following each Olympiad. A simple majority is required for an Olympic sport to be included in the Olympic programme. Under the current rules, an Olympic sport not selected for inclusion in a particular Games remains an Olympic sport and may be included again later with a simple majority. At the 117th IOC Session, 26 sports were included in the programme for London 2012.

Until 1992, the Olympics also often featured demonstration sports. The objective was for these sports to reach a larger audience; the winners of these events are not official Olympic champions. These sports were sometimes sports popular only in the host nation, but internationally known sports have also been demonstrated. Some demonstration sports eventually were included as full-medal events.

[JKLever]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

Aye. Any idea what extra sports are proposed for 2012 yet? I know they're dropping Baseball...

They're dropping softball too.

Good!

The Uk is campaigning for Rugby 7's and 20/20 cricket to be included as special events for the 2012 games.

As actual medal winning sports or exhibition sports?

[PearlJ]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

The Uk is campaigning for Rugby 7's and 20/20 cricket to be included as special events for the 2012 games.

Would be brilliant if they were included - they have just as much right to be there as tennis, football, hockey, basketball & handball, etc.

Plus, there is the bonus that quite a few of the Olympic sports are deadly dull - the likes of sychronised swimming, marathon running, that weird walking sport and shooting spring to mind. Rugby 7's and cricket would pack out stadiums and provide brilliant entertainment. It would be class.

I can't believe baseball is in when rugby and cricket aren't. Baseball is only played by about 5/6 countries. And most of them are tiny.

[JGK]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

Aye. Any idea what extra sports are proposed for 2012 yet? I know they're dropping Baseball...

Sevens is the only one I know about. There are a couple more but I doubt they would be as good or as competitive as sevens.

It would be really good because the whole thing could be done in a couple of days.

So is 7s going to be a full medal sport?

A combined British side would be pretty competitive but I wonder if the RU's will actually play XVs players rather than the "professional" 7s players that currently tour the world.

[eowyn]

JGK, if they are in they'll be exhibition sports.

[JKLever]

Shame...

[PearlJ]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

Aye. Any idea what extra sports are proposed for 2012 yet? I know they're dropping Baseball...

Sevens is the only one I know about. There are a couple more but I doubt they would be as good or as competitive as sevens.

It would be really good because the whole thing could be done in a couple of days.

So is 7s going to be a full medal sport?

A combined British side would be pretty competitive but I wonder if the RU's will actually play XVs players rather than the "professional" 7s players that currently tour the world.

Maybe. They are considering it with a couple of others as there is only a limited amount of space.

[Gary 111]

I hope Rugby Sevens is in next time. That would be the perfect Olympic sport.

Aye. Any idea what extra sports are proposed for 2012 yet? I know they're dropping Baseball...

They're dropping softball too.

Good!

The Uk is campaigning for Rugby 7's and 20/20 cricket to be included as special events for the 2012 games.

As actual medal winning sports or exhibition sports?

Don't know.

Just met this bloke who told me he was going to Beijing to campaign for Rugby 7's & 20/20 cricket to be included. Sounds like a perfect job to me!

[PearlJ]

A sport has to be confirmed 7 years before the Olympics. So Sevens has a chance of being in the 2016 Olympics.

[JGK]

JGK, if they are in they'll be exhibition sports.

Shame. 7s is made for the Olympics and it would be more widely played than a lot of other team sports.

[JGK]

Not much in Athletics or Cycling.

Fark me - is there really 33 medals to be handed out for Weightlifting/Wrestling!!?

Plus the 14 for Judo which is basically wrestling in bathrobes.

[JKLever]

GB 3-1 down in the womens hockey to ze Germans....

Unlike the halcyon days of the mid 80's, don't think we're expected to do much in either mens or womens hockey.

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