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11 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

Could we do a poll on the predictions of medals sport by sport for tokyo 2020?

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11 hours ago, phelps said:

it would be the smallest of problems...

 

with this sh*t they're doing right now, they're just going to lose many long time die-hard fans of the Games as they were...aka they're one and only (once loyal) fanbase...

 

10 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Literally anyone who knows anything about French sports. These sports do fantastic in France. Breakdancing, Surfing, BMX Freestyle all generally draw great audiences in France.

 

It was sarcasm :d 

 

Like, it's 2024, The Olympic Games are starting in Paris and it's a matter of life or death to have those 3 sports, otherwise there wouldn't be any interest or knowledge that these Games are happening in France. 

 

All this marketing ploy for "host interest" is so ludicrous, that it presents the OG, as some obscure event and we need to popularize it to get some attention.   

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I refuse to believe that breakdancing has actual fans.

 

And that is because fans of sports like gymnastics, dressage and figure skating usually end up learning and understanding the rules and scoring systems in all their depth. That is simply not the case in the lawless discipline that is breakdancing. How can anyone be seriously invested in an event where judges can pick winners solely based on their subjective preference?

#banbestmen

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1 hour ago, Federer91 said:

 

 

It was sarcasm :d 

 

Like, it's 2024, The Olympic Games are starting in Paris and it's a matter of life or death to have those 3 sports, otherwise there wouldn't be any interest or knowledge that these Games are happening in France. 

 

All this marketing ploy for "host interest" is so ludicrous, that it presents the OG, as some obscure event and we need to popularize it to get some attention.   

 

What the fuck are you talking about ? These sports don't drive the host country interest. Surfing will be held to the other place of the globe in a land that half of the population would be surprised to learn it's actually a part of the country, no one cares about BMX past puberty and certainly no one give a fuck about breakdancing.

 

What will drive host country interest are the usual suspects : Athletics, Swimming, team sports or any sport that will bring the medals and that will be forgotten two weeks later.

 

This additional sport selection had little to do with the host country, but mostly with the IOC trying to pretend it's something else.

 

 

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16 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Literally anyone who knows anything about French sports. These sports do fantastic in France. Breakdancing, Surfing, BMX Freestyle all generally draw great audiences in France.

Ahem, don't know which audiences you refer to but certainly not on television. Also I've barely seen any news about breakdancing and very few about BMX freestyle, though surfing do get way more interest. 

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3 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

What the fuck are you talking about ? These sports don't drive the host country interest. Surfing will be held to the other place of the globe in a land that half of the population would be surprised to learn it's actually a part of the country, no one cares about BMX past puberty and certainly no one give a fuck about breakdancing.

 

What will drive host country interest are the usual suspects : Athletics, Swimming, team sports or any sport that will bring the medals and that will be forgotten two weeks later.

 

This additional sport selection had little to do with the host country, but mostly with the IOC trying to pretend it's something else.

 

 

Absolutely, the COJO would have tried for pétanque to draw host attention (and get some more medals) :d

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