Vektor 3,195 Posted August 21, 2022 #251 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Okay, this is looking much better now, Rendessy with the silver in K1 at the age of 19. Noticeable improvement after the World Champs, hopefully she's getting more used to the senior level now. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted August 21, 2022 #252 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Unbelievable last 100m from Kopasz and Nádas. Kopasz really is on top of his game this year. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkinator 22 Posted August 21, 2022 #253 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Gold medals in K1 500, K2 500 and K4 500 for Poland! rafalgorka and Ted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted August 21, 2022 #254 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Yeah, Poland sweeps the Olympic events in women's kayak. It will be interesting to see what happens when Kozák and the rest of the Hungarian Olympic champions come back next year, we definitely need them to beat Poland. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted August 21, 2022 #255 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Four medals for Lithuania in sprint canoeing and only one in an Olympic distance, just shows how much the decisions of which disciplines are Olympic has fucked us and our chances to succeed in this sport on an Olympic scale Swimming can have 6 different freestyles, running can have 100m up to a marathon, but canoeing sprint is not allowed to have their 200m sprint... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafalgorka 1,386 Posted August 21, 2022 #256 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Polish Women’s kayak team simply amazing this season both in WCH and now in ECH. Hopefully they can keep this form until Paris and get first Polish olympic gold in this sport!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted August 21, 2022 #257 Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, Werloc said: Four medals for Lithuania in sprint canoeing and only one in an Olympic distance, just shows how much the decisions of which disciplines are Olympic has fucked us and our chances to succeed in this sport on an Olympic scale Swimming can have 6 different freestyles, running can have 100m up to a marathon, but canoeing sprint is not allowed to have their 200m sprint... Yeah, Canoe is probably the most fucked sport in terms of Olympic events. The inclusion of extreme canoe slalom over the 200m is ridiculous and so is the short, 500m distance for the men's K4, K2 and C2. Werloc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted August 21, 2022 #258 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Btw, I think this would be the perfect Olympic program: Men's K1 200m Men's K1 1000m Men's K2 1000m Men's K4 1000m Men's C1 1000m Men's C2 1000m Women's K1 200m Women's K1 500m Women's K2 500m Women's K4 500m Women's C1 200m Women's C2 500m Just let men and women have different long distances. And once women's canoe evolves, upgrade them to C1 500m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted August 21, 2022 #259 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Just now, Vektor said: Yeah, Canoe is probably the most fucked sport in terms of Olympic events. The inclusion of extreme canoe slalom over the 200m is ridiculous and so is the short, 500m distance for the men's K4, K2 and C2. Yeah, I really hate the whole young and urban movement and the absolute necessity to try and change everything to appeal to no one. No sport is safe now. Skateboarding, breakdancing, golf, rollerblading, sport climbing were not Olympic sports for a reason. Basketball 3x3 is absolutely unnecessary as well. Modern Pentathlon with a human obstacle course. I'm getting tired of these awful decisions and with every year there's more of them. Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,127 Posted August 21, 2022 #260 Share Posted August 21, 2022 8 minutes ago, Vektor said: Btw, I think this would be the perfect Olympic program: Men's K1 200m Men's K1 1000m Men's K2 1000m Men's K4 1000m Men's C1 1000m Men's C2 1000m Women's K1 200m Women's K1 500m Women's K2 500m Women's K4 500m Women's C1 200m Women's C2 500m Just let men and women have different long distances. And once women's canoe evolves, upgrade them to C1 500m. Naaaah, this would be even worse. Nearly all of the Lithuanian team were focused on 200m since they were children, upping it to 500m at least gave them the chance to try, with 1000m distances only they'd all probably have to be retired, because European and World Champions are struggling to convert their results to 500m as is. Žustautas holds a WR in 200m C1, Seja world & European champion, Korobov, Navakauskas, Olejnik, Nekrošius, Maldonis, Ramanauskas, Lankas. All of them have many medals from every championship imaginable, not a single one of them is doing the event that they were doing when they won these. Rio De Janeiro bronze medalists Ramanauskas and Lankas couldn't even make the team for the K4 500m, because that became the priority event for every single athlete that still had Olympic dreams to realise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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