Summer Non-Olympic Sports Discussion Thread

[Olympian1010 7,971]

On 9/4/2024 at 11:01 PM, Olympian1010 said:

I can try to make up for that by pointing out the world ultimate (flying disc) championships on are going this week as well. Website: https://wuc2024.sport

 swept all three events: open, women's and mixed 

[heywoodu 15,135]

18 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

 swept all three events: open, women's and mixed 

Why are these events so confusing?  

 

Like, there's three events and judging by the names alone, women are allowed to play in all three of them? Seems like it should be the way luge did it: the doubles was an open event until very recently. Then the women's doubles were added and, logically, the open event became the men's event.\

 

Seems like there is only a few random matches available to watch by the way

https://www.youtube.com/@ultiworld/streams

Edited September 10 by heywoodu

[Olympian1010 7,971]

5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Seems like there is only a few random matches available to watch by the way

https://www.youtube.com/@ultiworld/streams

There were available on their pay service.

[heywoodu 15,135]

14 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

There were available on their pay service.

Makes me wonder how that works for them, financially. Especially something that, internationally, is a rather obscure sport would surely benefit more from their biggest events being widely available to a global audience, instead of hidden behind a pay wall?

 

World Rowing did a much better job for example, their more obscure event, like last weekend's coastal rowing world champs, was available in it's entirety and for free on their YouTube channel, which is an excellent way to try and gain a bit of new audience..

[tirtha22 233]

Yoga has been included as a demonstration sports in 2026 Asian Games of Aichi - Nagoya.

 

Yogasana's inclusion in the Asian Games calendar as a demonstration sport was unanimously passed at the 44th General Assembly of Olympic Council of Asia.

[tirtha22 233]

Monfalcone, a town in northern Italy has banned Cricket, a decision made by its mayor, who views the sport and the Bangladeshi immigrants who play it as foreign and "incompatible" with local culture

It has imposed fines of up to €100 on those found playing cricket within its limits

[phelps 7,670]

57 minutes ago, tirtha22 said:

Monfalcone, a town in northern Italy has banned Cricket, a decision made by its mayor, who views the sport and the Bangladeshi immigrants who play it as foreign and "incompatible" with local culture

It has imposed fines of up to €100 on those found playing cricket within its limits

it's just a boutade of those stupid "Lega" local governors...

 

that ban is against every principle written in our Constitution and there's no judge that would allow this idiotic rule to stay in place 

[Dragon 1,844]

21 minutes ago, phelps said:

it's just a boutade of those stupid "Lega" local governors...

 

that ban is against every principle written in our Constitution and there's no judge that would allow this idiotic rule to stay in place 

Wasn't AC Milan originally a cricket club?

[heywoodu 15,135]

1 hour ago, tirtha22 said:

Yoga has been included as a demonstration sports in 2026 Asian Games of Aichi - Nagoya.

 

Yogasana's inclusion in the Asian Games calendar as a demonstration sport was unanimously passed at the 44th General Assembly of Olympic Council of Asia.

How is yoga competitive? Genuine question, I only know it from those poses and as basically a form of stretching and meditation and such  

[vovanA 168]

34 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

How is yoga competitive? Genuine question, I only know it from those poses and as basically a form of stretching and meditation and such  

the one who breaks his back first loses 

Edited September 11 by vovanA