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Instead of the current ones, which are only about a metre.
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But then when a runner knocks the hurdle down by accident, the runners in all the other lanes get a clear run. I suppose that levels the playing field by giving the slower runners a leg up. |
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I was thinking of height, not width. |
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This idea highlights the weirdness of the Olympics. The Olympics showcases effort and performance in some fairly obvious areas of human activity: running, jumping, swimming, fighting, lifting heavy things, hitting balls with sticks, but then includes others (synchronised diving, walking very fast without running, waving ribbons) without first including more of the obvious ones such as throwing a ball (with marks for accuracy or distance) or climbing, as suggested by this idea. I think a 100 metre ladder-climbing competition would be an interesting Olympic event. |
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Unlike the other new nimby pimby sports in the
Olympics, the business with the ribbons traces its
origins back to ancient Greece. The "ektyflotiki
mastigio" were small whips with handles about six
inches long, leather thongs about six to eight feet
long, and small metal buttons on the ends of the
thongs. A skilled practitioner would use these
very effectively to blind (often permanently) an
enemy, whilst keeping out of reach of their sword
or dagger. |
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The ektyflotiki evolved first into a target sport,
where the participant would attempt to knock
down coins balanced on the ends of thin wooden
posts (which were themselves balanced on end),
without knocking over the posts themselves.
From this, they evolved into a display art, and
thence into the ribbony business we know today. |
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// without first including more of the obvious ones such as throwing a ball (with marks for accuracy or distance) |
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Well there is a ball throwing thing, the shot that they put. I'd like to see overhanding a baseball at shooting targets. |
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Isn't precision baseball-throwing an integral part of
Olympic baseball? It would seem a little redundant, kind
like 'Olympic bat-swinging'. |
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I, for one, would like to know why high-caliber riflery is
not an Olympic competition. The ability to hit a small but
relatively close target with an airgun under controlled
conditions is not the same as hitting targets outdoors at
very long ranges. While both involve a high degree of
discipline and skill, the latter requires an intuitive
artfulness which the former, IMO, does not. |
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There is no Olympic baseball. They threw it out. |
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I'd enjoy some very short track sports, such as 3m sprint. The contest would be about the minute details, they'd have to measure in thousands of a second. It would be fascinating to see. |
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//why high-caliber riflery is not an Olympic competition// According to WP, 1972 was the last year for the 300m free-rifle open to both men & women. Rifles were limited to 9mm & 19lbs so you could bring out the t-rex botherer. |
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Why it isn't now ? A quick Google didn't turn up anything... I can think of a few reasons, none of which are particularly good ones... |
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- too military in purpose
- Switzerland keeps kicking everybody else's ass
- The ISSF is big & international which makes the Olympics jealous. |
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// I gotta watch me an exciting game of badminton. // |
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I'd sleep much more soundly at a baseball game. Curling is
one of those things that isn't exciting until you've actually
been to a meet. But yeah, racewalking and rhythmic
gymnastics have gotta go... actually, I think the re-
introduction of large-caliber riflery might help facilitate
that... |
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//I'd sleep much more soundly at a baseball game.// Likewise - if I had to watch the 'action'. I have actually been to a baseball game (Boston Red Sox) and it seemed to be an excuse for sitting around and chatting while eating hot dogs and drinking beer. |
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The olympics kind of riles me up for several reasons, including the one hippo mentions. |
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100 metre ladder climbing should be there. If you had that you could easily have 100 metre rope climbing in the same arena. |
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Multiples of these could be done with the addition of a fireman's pole |
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Baseball was only ever played at the Olympics in 1904
then from 1992 to 2008. It's a sport with limited
appeal in many of the 200-plus nations who attend
the Olympics, as was polo, removed in 1936. |
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BTW, [Max], 100m hurdles is a women's event. The
men compete over 110m. |
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Ah, but how will they define Olympic HalfBaking? |
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We should get rugby back into the Olympics - the USA are the current Olympic champions of rugby, having won the Gold medal in 1924. Then, they should never have dropped the Town Planning and Etching Olympic competitions (both dropped after the 1948 games). Great Britain is still the Olympic Painting title-holder (Gold at the 1948 games). |
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Any truth to the rumour that poulting is set to return
as an event in 2016? |
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//an excuse for sitting around and chatting //
You should have gone to Japan to watch the baseball, hippo. There was much more audience participation (including some superb synchronised chanting) when I went to see Hiroshima Toyo Carp. It was a surprisingly excellent night out.
By the way, I have a '140th Olympiad Organising Committee' conference bag for sale if anyone wants it. |
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Synchronized underwater projectile vomiting. |
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