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[dcro 10,211]

18 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

- All NOCs must work towards having at least 1 man and 1 woman at the Summer Olympics starting with Tokyo 2020

 

Bhutan will get burned for this. They haven't had a man since 2008, and looks like they will not have one once again (unless they break their boycott over athletics/swimming events).

Edited March 4, 2020 by dcro

[NearPup 4,172]

8 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Bhutan will get burned for this. They haven't had a man since 2008, and looks like they will not have one once again (unless they break their boycott over athletics/swimming events).

I know they aren't eligible because they already qualified a female athlete, but they should just be given a wildcard in men's archery.

[Vic Liu 1,701]

28 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Some highlights from the IOC EB meeting:

- Lausanne 2020 was the most watched and followed Winter YOG to date. Severe rise in popularity.

- IOC aim to have the Olympics be “carbon positive” by 2030 (meaning that they go further than being carbon neutral)

- All NOCs must work towards having at least 1 man and 1 woman at the Summer Olympics starting with Tokyo 2020

- Parade of Nations guidelines will be change to recommend each NOC have a pair of the flagbearers (one male, one female)

 

going crazy about political correctness. IOC should be with one male president and one female president, and 5 vice presidents from 5 continents with exact 5 different colors.

[heywoodu 16,460]

51 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Some highlights from the IOC EB meeting:

- Lausanne 2020 was the most watched and followed Winter YOG to date. Severe rise in popularity.

 

Considering it also was only the third ever Winter YOG, that's hardly noteworthy  But a good thing, of course.

 

I think Tokyo's Olympic skateboarding competitions might be the best watched Olympic skateboarding competitions in history. You know, if it happens.

[heywoodu 16,460]

53 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

- Parade of Nations guidelines will be change to recommend each NOC have a pair of the flagbearers (one male, one female)

Recommend or force it upon nations? I really don't care if it's a man or a woman, but it seems a bit sad to let two people do this. It's a perfect honour to give to one athlete.

 

If it's got to be two, why not three? Or four? Or 16?

[hckošice 16,613]

54 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Lausanne 2020 was the most watched and followed Winter YOG to date. Severe rise in popularity.

 

Not sure they will confirm it after including the numbers of viewers of the Biathlon, Cross Country Skiing, ski Jumping, Nordic Combined, Bobsleigh, Luge, Skeleton and Speed Skating events

 

56 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

All NOCs must work towards having at least 1 man and 1 woman at the Summer Olympics starting with Tokyo 2020

 

Good thing. I am for

 

57 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Parade of Nations guidelines will be change to recommend each NOC have a pair of the flagbearers (one male, one female)

 

Stupid idea, I am against.

[LDOG 2,477]

hace 1 minuto, heywoodu dijo:

 

If it's got to be two, why not three? Or four? Or 16?

 

Because the objective is obviously to symbolize "gender parity". You can't have that with an uneven number like 3 (unless you happen to have an hermaphrodite or something). And I think it gets a bit difficult to hold a flag pole while walking with more than 3 people.

[heywoodu 16,460]

7 minutes ago, LDOG said:

 

Because the objective is obviously to symbolize "gender parity". You can't have that with an uneven number like 3 (unless you happen to have an hermaphrodite or something). And I think it gets a bit difficult to hold a flag pole while walking with more than 3 people.

 

I can easily envision a flag pole with 6 extensions to hold it by  

[Olympian1010 8,297]

I’m inclined to agree with most of sentiment here (I know, shocking). I especially like @hckosice @heywoodu positions on this. 
 

The 2020 Winter YOG was the best “yet”, and their were signs of real interest, and an event people can get behind. The lack of streaming is absolutely the biggest negative for the YOGs still. I am glad we’re moving towards more athletes, and no Mixed NOC events as well. I high hopes for the next few YOGs.

 

Every nation should have at least 1 man, 1 woman. Period. There’s not excuse not too.

 

This Parade of Nations business is getting silly. I think nations should make an effort to make sure men and women are equally represented, but forcing nations to artificially do it won’t change the attitudes towards women’s sport we’re looking to eliminate.

[Monzanator 5,111]

Yeah, people usually hate when someone tells them what to do. Free will is more important than gender parity