Bearas 378 Posted August 30, 2016 #21 Share Posted August 30, 2016 FISA congress decided to remove LM4- and replace it with W4-. The decision is not finalized yet and there is going to be a second voting in February to accept the changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,190 Posted August 30, 2016 #22 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Bearas said: FISA congress decided to remove LM4- and replace it with W4-. The decision is not finalized yet and there is going to be a second voting in February to accept the changes. Great, remove one of the most exciting boats and replace it with one that just isn't competitive. Great. W4- had a grand total of 5 boats at the last year's Worlds, with USA winning the title by 6 seconds... Edited August 30, 2016 by dcro #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,313 Posted August 30, 2016 #23 Share Posted August 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, dcro said: Great, remove one of the most exciting boats and replace it with one that just isn't competitive. Great. Its becomes a incomprehensible trend just like womens C1 replacing mens C2 in slalom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carivan 73 Posted August 30, 2016 #24 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Playing devil's advocate here, but if it becomes olympic it should see a growth in competition. Anyway, it might be a loss in the short term but gender equality matters more in the long term, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,932 Posted August 30, 2016 #25 Share Posted August 30, 2016 34 minutes ago, Bearas said: FISA congress decided to remove LM4- and replace it with W4-. The decision is not finalized yet and there is going to be a second voting in February to accept the changes. I would vote to dissapear the Eights... I know it's an historical boat, but come on, there are less than 10 countries that have active crews in them, not to count that because of the size it will hard to see more than eight boats featured in the Olympics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,190 Posted August 30, 2016 #26 Share Posted August 30, 2016 5 minutes ago, mrv86 said: I would vote to dissapear the Eights... I know it's an historical boat, but come on, there are less than 10 countries that have active crews in them, not to count that because of the size it will hard to see more than eight boats featured in the Olympics. Eights are almost similar to those weird gymnastics events from early Olympics which had a lot of people in the team. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearas 378 Posted September 1, 2016 #27 Share Posted September 1, 2016 On 30/08/2016 at 20:28, dcro said: Great, remove one of the most exciting boats and replace it with one that just isn't competitive. Great. W4- had a grand total of 5 boats at the last year's Worlds, with USA winning the title by 6 seconds... It was a discussion to ether remove LM4- or remove M2x. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,190 Posted November 16, 2016 #28 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Sinković brothers have decided to switch from M2x to M2-... That's one weird decision. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agger 1,598 Posted December 10, 2016 #29 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) The extraordinary congress of FISA in february seems to be the decider for the lightweight four. The FISA council wants the men's lightweight four out giving place for a women's four. and (apparently supported by the Asian federation) wants to remove the men's four to give place for a women's leightweight four. Edited December 10, 2016 by Agger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konig 1,298 Posted December 10, 2016 #30 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) 27 minutes ago, Agger said: The extraordinary congress of FISA in february seems to be the decider for the lightweight four. The FISA council wants the men's lightweight four out giving place for a women's four. and (apparently supported by the Asian federation) wants to remove the men's four to give place for a women's leightweight four. im tired to see this stupidity of the "equal gender" when there are a lot more mans who practice this, and the most part of the sports, than womens. Edited December 10, 2016 by konig Quasit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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