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Sailing at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024


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3 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Yeah that’s such a stupid format. And the final race is also boring as heck. Most boring sailing event I’ve watched so far. With the boat speeds it makes for a great event, they need to do seriously better with showcasing it with a half-decent format.

Final could have 5 instead of 3 athletes, but otherwise this seems a lot nicer to watch than the calculating in a regular medal race. You qualify to get into the final and once you're there, you win, you win. Not 'you win, but there were not at least 3 boats between you and the number 2 in the ranking, so you didn't win'.

 

The only reason I had the slightest interest in yesterday's medal races for example was the bizarre mess at the end, until then it was....well, nothing really happening :p 

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1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Final could have 5 instead of 3 athletes, but otherwise this seems a lot nicer to watch than the calculating in a regular medal race. You qualify to get into the final and once you're there, you win, you win. Not 'you win, but there were not at least 3 boats between you and the number 2 in the ranking, so you didn't win'.

A 3 boat final is just horrible, sorry it’s how I feel. And it’s incredibly unfair too to the winner of the series as they get one race to get familiar with the conditions of the day. It’s not hard to make it better.

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6 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Not really. It's like qualifying without needing repechages.

Except the repechages work in your favour because you get to learn the course conditions.

As you said earlier, don't qualifiy first then, but then that's counter productive to olympic ideals isn't it

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Asking someone not to qualify in first as a tactical advantage is just daft as well. Seriously, just make a better and fair format. It’s actually a very interesting category as they travel at great speeds so as sailing goes it’s very viewer friendly, with the right format.

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In fairness, Wilson was guaranteed a medal by qualifying first. I know that's not what she wanted but it is a *big* reward anyway.

 

Had she had to go through the QF and SF she might have got used to the conditions but she might also have made the mistake and bounced out early. Which would have been even more frustrating.

 

I'm not saying that I think that the format is perfect. But I think there can reasonably be argued to be some benefits for the competitors, as well as some negatives.

 

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