Tokyo Summer Olympic Games 2020 News

[dcro 10,210]

1 hour ago, intoronto said:

You can only blame the IOC. Off course all federations want new events, and with the IOC wanting gender equal events, you will get these ridiculous events being proposed. What's next mixed team events?

 

Or mixed sport mixed gender lol.

 

For example, mixed team archery-boxing-canoeing.

[dcro 10,210]

But yeah, they are proposing some mixed team events that don't even exist at this point.

 

It's like Universiade....

[hckošice 15,520]

4 hours ago, Jur said:

We were missing the cherry on top of the cake.

 

http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1049085/mixed-gender-race-walking-event-proposed-by-iaaf-for-world-championships-and-tokyo-2020

 

 

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, 4x5000 mixed track race walking relay makes an appearance

 

 

[Mkbw50 449]

They're going to do stuff like "Ice hockey skill challenge"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2016_Winter_Youth_Olympics_–_Boys'_individual_skills_challenge

Mark my words.

[DaniSRB 899]

15 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said:

They're going to do stuff like "Ice hockey skill challenge"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2016_Winter_Youth_Olympics_–_Boys'_individual_skills_challenge

Mark my words.

and basketball dunk contest 

[dcro 10,210]

16 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said:

They're going to do stuff like "Ice hockey skill challenge"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2016_Winter_Youth_Olympics_–_Boys'_individual_skills_challenge

Mark my words.

 

That would at least allow a lot more nations to experience ice hockey.

 

However, competition system used at 2016 WYOG is unbelievably ridiculous. Qualification points were completely based on head to head results. You could literally have second best result in one event and still finish 9th there because you were randomly paired with the best athlete in round one. Suppose it was very hard to have fastest lap competition as a time trial.

Edited April 9, 2017 by dcro

[hckošice 15,520]

38 minutes ago, DaniSRB said:

and basketball dunk contest 

 

ouch in one second I read drunk contest

[hckošice 15,520]

56 minutes ago, Mkbw50 said:

They're going to do stuff like "Ice hockey skill challenge"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2016_Winter_Youth_Olympics_–_Boys'_individual_skills_challenge

Mark my words.

 

39 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

That would at least allow a lot more nations to experience ice hockey.

 

However, competition system used at 2016 WYOG is unbelievably ridiculous. Qualification points were completely based on head to head results. You could literally have second best result in one event and still finish 9th there because you were randomly paired with the best athlete in round one. Suppose it was very hard to have fastest lap competition as a time trial.

 

well, at first this is not a sport. It might be interesting and funny to watch for newcomers, but it´s still better to keep in a exhibition level as a part of such All stars weekends things..but I don´t mind if it will stay in the YWOG program ofc, but surely not at the normal olympics

 

and @dcro I agree about the format, they should better just made 2 qualification groups instead

[dcro 10,210]

5 minutes ago, hckosice said:

 

ouch in one second I read drunk contest

 

Never say never when Agenda 2020 is in question

[Jesse_Pinkman) 372]

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