Watched the replay when I got home last night..
You aren't wrong.. Had absolutely everything!
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why is the olympics meant to be the pinnacle of the sport and they have a mixed medley relay, it's like a high school swimming carnival ffs
handling out gold medals like they're lollies
may as well have a costume race
Yehhhh, I’m starting to think the same.
All for inclusion of women versions of events Eg canoe slalom, 1500 free etc.
That mixed medley was one of the most ridiculous things I’ve seen. It was strangely entertaining, but I have no idea why that’s an event. Where do we stop? 4x 50 mixed, 4x 100 mixed etc.
I feel that way with some sports too.
If it ain’t the pinnacle of your sport, shouldn’t be included.
Eg golf, tennis.
I guess we are trying to make it world inclusive.
Idk, skateboarding, surfing and some other things have been making me think it’s losing its special ness.
yeah it's a bit weird...but i guess they need people to watch.
i'm a bit conflicted - although i've moaned about the swimming joke events not being the pinnacle of the sport - if they're going to be in, it would make more sense for golf and tennis to be match play / teams events. like the ryder cup is US v europe, the presidents cup is US v the world, make the olympics everyone for themselves...
the golf today was great, but it was 100 times better when it went to a play off
Was it the high jump, when two athletes jumped x height with no fails. They then upped it to x + y and both failed 3 times.
The athletes were told there would be a jump off to decide the gold.
Apparently they asked if they can’t both just have gold, and they were like, oh I guess so.
Shit you not.
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/20...-gold-in-tokyo