Which Sports Events are you Currently Watching?

[Olympian1010 7,946]

2 hours ago, Vektor said:

Now that the Aquatics and Fencing Worlds are done, what are the next big events to follow before the Athletics Worlds?  

Summer University Games and Jeux de la Francophonie for me. I suppose those might not meet everyone’s definition of “big events” though 

 

Definitely looking forward to cycling and sailing worlds. I might try to follow archery world championships as well. If the Commonwealth Youth Games are broadcast, I might follow those too.

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9 hours ago, Vektor said:

Now that the Aquatics and Fencing Worlds are done, what are the next big events to follow before the Athletics Worlds? 

 

I am guessing the Cycling Worlds will be the #1 event of the first half of August and the Sailing Worlds will be a huge event in terms of direct Olympic quotas. I don't care about the Archery and Sport Climbing Worlds, but I am sure many of you will watch those as well. We also got the Judo Masters coming up in Budapest this weekend which will hand out some very important world ranking points. 

Athletics at the FISU Games start tomorrow.  Shaping up to be mostly an Asian showdown, I think.

[phelps 7,636]

10 hours ago, Vektor said:

Now that the Aquatics and Fencing Worlds are done, what are the next big events to follow before the Athletics Worlds? 

 

I am guessing the Cycling Worlds will be the #1 event of the first half of August and the Sailing Worlds will be a huge event in terms of direct Olympic quotas. I don't care about the Archery and Sport Climbing Worlds, but I am sure many of you will watch those as well. We also got the Judo Masters coming up in Budapest this weekend which will hand out some very important world ranking points. 

you named them all 

 

I'm going to follow all the action...and the Baseball season is entering its crucial phase, "those dog days of August" as they say 

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10 hours ago, Oldira said:

Watched the All Ireland Gaelic football final. Dublin won are now all Ireland and World Champions.

 

I would have liked Kerry to win it all

[Fly_like_a_don 1,077]

FISU University Games 

 

For the first half of August FISU Games,  few matches of FIFA WC.  Archery world champs, CWYG in T&T, sailing world champs provided there's streaming. I don't have an appetite for cycling worlds not even minutely just like swimming so I don't care about it. 

[Gianlu33 4,502]

Probably this week I'll watch cycling Wch + archery Wch. If I'll have time, a bit of Judo during the weekend.

 

Not any seconds to the Universiade, that isn't event a fair sport event 

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3 hours ago, Gianlu33 said:

Not any seconds to the Universiade, that isn't event a fair sport event

No one asked European nations to send less athlethes or withdraw. Purely their problem. All the results have been very fair until now except a few in Wushu where anyhow Asians dominate. If your archers, shooters or  juodkas don't perform that's not the games' problem. 

[Olympian1010 7,946]

Yeah, I don’t feel like the University Games have fallen into disrepair or something. Entry numbers are down, but given the circumstances, not terrible I suppose.

 

The lack of replays is annoying, but the broadcasts are pretty good when I can catch stuff live. (I realize I sound like a broken record here, but I really am annoyed with the FISU)

Edited July 31, 2023 by Olympian1010

[Gianlu33 4,502]

1 hour ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

No one asked European nations to send less athlethes or withdraw. Purely their problem. All the results have been very fair until now except a few in Wushu where anyhow Asians dominate. If your archers, shooters or  juodkas don't perform that's not the games' problem. 

Wait, what? I don't spoke about boycott, Italy sent a team and we take it seriously. I didn't ever attent at the past Universiade, that was LITERALLY in my university. I was in the same campus, and I didn't attend at a single fencing event.

 

I'm just a against the competitive university sport

 

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34 minutes ago, Gianlu33 said:

I'm just a against the competitive university sport

 

As an American, this is very foreign concept. We literally fill 90,000 seat stadiums (for American Football) and see an annual decrease in job productivity during the men’s basketball tournament. 
 

That said, more funding on academics and less focus on sports programs might not hurt our education system. College sports are generally viewed as incredibly important stepping stones for our Olympic athletes though.