European Games 2023

[Olympian1010 8,230]

 joins the medal table. Unfortunately Akmens ran out of steam after leading 80% of that race 

[hckošice 15,525]

CANOEING SPRINT

 

Men's K1-200m
Final Results

 

Messias BAPTISTA

36.845

 

Petter MENNING

37.179

 

Roberts AKMENS

37.189

Full Final Result HERE

[hckošice 15,525]

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

 joins the medal table. Unfortunately Akmens ran out of steam after leading 80% of that race 

first medal also for

[hckošice 15,525]

26 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

 gets their first gold medal 

 

 on the board as well

sadly not yet. instead won first medal

[Federer91 3,024]

28 minutes ago, JoshMartini007 said:

 

Shooting is one of those sports that's lucky it got in during the early days of the Olympics. It definitely would not be added as a new sport today.

 

In discussions about esports being in the Olympics I've used shooting as an example of a sport that's less physical being in the Olympics. In fact, esports and shooting have a lot of common, they are both precision sports that focus on twitch muscles. Funny enough, there is always someone that tries and argue the physicality of shooting and throws in "but tradition" for good measure.

Anyone lobbying for e-sports to be included in the Olympics should be ashamed of themselves..

 

Also, if you think, that standing straight for 40 minutes and keeping your body in perfect concentration and precision without flinching is less physical, then sitting on a chair and chopping the keyborad...

[Gianlu33 5,278]

Ouch, big mistake for the British. It's still open for the gold 

[Olympian1010 8,230]

2 minutes ago, hckošice said:

sadly not yet. instead won first medal

Oh, cool. More incorrect graphics 

[hckošice 15,525]

28 nations won medals so far

 

20 still remains empty-handed. 

 

Pitty we was close to win a medal as well but our Karateka lost to ITA and UKR in the pool 1:2 and 2:3... coaches really angry especially for the video refs during the match against the Italian, no idea what happened I did not see the bout, I completely forgot about it and noticed I have the stream prepared only after I heard the screams from the video in the other tab and her bout was already over

Edited June 23, 2023 by hckošice

[hckošice 15,525]

3 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Oh, cool. More incorrect graphics 

After 4 days I got used to it I am more calm today and xanax is fine for the nerves as well

[Vektor 3,326]

14 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Anyone lobbying for e-sports to be included in the Olympics should be ashamed of themselves..

 

Also, if you think, that standing straight for 40 minutes and keeping your body in perfect concentration and precision without flinching is less physical, then sitting on a chair and chopping the keyborad...

I mean, both shooting and esports seem fairly nonphysical, so it doesn't matter which requires more activity. Esports will never be part of the Games, but that's only because you need a software for it to run a competition and that software (LoL, CS) is privately owned. Like how motorsports will never be at the Games, even if they are more popular than most Olympic sports. You can bet that both esports and motorsports would be at SOG if there would be some solution to include them. IOC aren't that out of touch, they see how esports is ten times more popular among Gen Z than the Olympic Games. 

 

Shooting is just not a watchable sport and on top of that nobody cares about it. Even pentathlon has the novelty of seeing people perform well in various activities and seeing that on the screen or at the stadium. Shooting is literally just watching numbers appear on a screen. 

Edited June 23, 2023 by Vektor