CISM Military World Games 2019

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 10/15/2019 at 6:35 AM, Olympian1010 said:

I know @heywoodu will be interested in the games the minute he hears there will be a 50km Race Walk 

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Obviously

 

Can't really follow it these days though. 

[TomJa 64]

  On 10/15/2019 at 10:30 AM, heywoodu said:

Obviously

 

Can't really follow it these days though. 

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I don't get discouraged there easily. As soon as there is any relationship and I am at home / work, I must watch.

[thiago_simoes 1,425]

  On 10/15/2019 at 5:46 AM, Olympian1010 said:

Gymnastics isn’t a sport that needs to depend on military founding or backup jobs. It’s a shame there will only be six countries and only men. Though women’s gymnastics probably wouldn’t improve a militaries image. 

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In Brazil, the army pays a hefty sum of money for top level gymnasts. They train in their clubs, but are officially military athletes. I know that some gymnasts in Russia and Ukraine are also part of the military. I'm surprised neither country will send gymnasts to these Games.

[thepharoah 2,405]

I don't know the point of having military games for civil athletes who just wear military clothes for days , why not making these games for real soldiers and officers around the world as part of entertainment for those already having hard lives 

[hckošice 15,130]

  send 12 athletes.

 

4 in Athletics (Martina Hrašnová in W Hammer Throw and Tomáš Veszelka in M Triple Jump) being the most famous names. 1 in Swimming (Another Olympian Tomáš Klobučník) 1 in Wrestling and the remaining 6 in Parachuting

 

Except Parachuting all other athletes are members of our main Sporting Military Club Dukla Banská Bystrica. The parachutters are members of our Special Reaction Regiment

[Olympian1010 8,074]

  On 10/15/2019 at 1:41 PM, thepharoah said:

I don't know the point of having military games for civil athletes who just wear military clothes for days , why not making these games for real soldiers and officers around the world as part of entertainment for those already having hard lives 

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Well all the US athletes are like that. Most of the European ones are too in most sports. In sports like modern pentathlon I don’t mind because most of the top athletes are already in their respective armies.

[Gianlu33 4,750]

  On 10/15/2019 at 5:46 AM, Olympian1010 said:

Gymnastics isn’t a sport that needs to depend on military founding or backup jobs. It’s a shame there will only be six countries and only men. Though women’s gymnastics probably wouldn’t improve a militaries image. 

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In Italy all the individual sport (except tennis and golf) are founding by the army corps. Our biggest athletes (maybe with the Pellegrini's exception) was part of the italian army

[Olympian1010 8,074]

  On 10/15/2019 at 4:03 PM, Gianlu33 said:

In Italy all the individual sport (except tennis and golf) are founding by the army corps. Our biggest athletes (maybe with the Pellegrini's exception) was part of the italian army

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Yes, I am aware of that. The winter sports are especially dependent on that funding.

[bestmen 2,833]

USA is not strong here

[bestmen 2,833]

Russia will dominate again