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re: What is the Worst Summer Olympic Event?

Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:24 pm to
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 5:24 pm to
How they get zero penalty for completely missing/whiffing in a throw bothers me. I understand it’s to encourage offense, but man it’s just so unnatural during a “combat sport”
Posted by MSUDawg98
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 6:36 pm to
Breaking.
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 6:43 pm to
Men boxing against women

In also on board w the race walking. It’s just odd that mall walkers are competing for gold
Posted by Bunsbert Montcroff
Phoenix AZ / Boise ID
Member since Jan 2008
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 9:47 pm to
I just watched kayak cross for the first time and still can’t decide whether I love it or hate it. Wondering what everyone else thinks? Still doesn’t seem as bad as run walking or dressage though…
Posted by MSUDawg98
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 10:32 pm to
I've only seen pieces of it but like the other non-breaking new sport, it feels like they're adapting Winter Olympic sports. The snowboarding version of BMX is one of the more enjoyable sports to watch.
Posted by 98eagle
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 11:04 pm to
Wall climbing was pretty boring to me.
Posted by MSUDawg98
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Posted on 8/5/24 at 11:08 pm to
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Wall climbing was pretty boring to me.
Ever watch American Gladiators? That's what it reminds me of.
Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
Land of the Rice n Son
Member since Oct 2017
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Posted on 8/6/24 at 7:02 am to
Can’t wait for Olympics include Cornhole. Just don’t know if it would be summer or winter


Posted by Boudreauboudreaugoly
Land of the Rice n Son
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Posted on 8/6/24 at 7:06 am to
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I vote race walking. People look frickin ridiculous


They all look like the lifeguard just told them to stop running around the pool.
This post was edited on 8/7/24 at 6:26 am
Posted by saintsfan92612
Taiwan
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:39 am to
Race walking and equestrian dressage
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
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Posted on 8/6/24 at 8:52 am to
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Race walk is so bizarre.



Almost looks like something out of Monty Python's "Ministry of Silly Walks" skit.

All that exaggerated hip sway and arm swing with that silly gait they have to maintain just looks comical to me.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
23810 posts
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:03 am to
Race walking and break dancing.

If it weren't for the Olympics, I wouldn't have known that break dancing was even still a thing. I thought it was just Gen X and millennial teenage fad that had long since died out

I withhold judgment on horse dancing because I haven't seen it
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
20920 posts
Posted on 8/6/24 at 9:21 pm to
So steeplechase has to the dumbest tracks event. Let’s have a 3000m race with some hurdles. Whatever. But let’s also make their feet wet with a random arse water pit on one of the jumps WTF
Posted by theOG
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 8/6/24 at 11:19 pm to
3x3 basketball and it’s not even close. Why do we have the lite version of a sport that is already represented by the real version?
Posted by MSUDawg98
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Posted on 8/7/24 at 12:52 pm to
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it’s not even close
So you're cool with Breaking and Climbing? What about Skateboarding? None of the 4 should be in the Olympics. They've got the X games, let them do this crap there.
Posted by LSUfanNkaty
LC, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2015
11706 posts
Posted on 8/7/24 at 1:41 pm to
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I vote race walking. People look frickin ridiculous



This should be everyone's answer. Period
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