Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024 Sports Programme

[EselTheDonkey 824]

I agree about some of the points, particularly 3 and 4. But the number of athletes Overall isn't much reduced, it's kept at bay. And this is necessary.

[heywoodu 15,135]

On 03/07/2019 at 08:48, dcro said:

 

Oh, please, you make it sound like an Olympic movement has hit a great depression. From where I come from, pretty much everyone understands what the Olympics are, unlike skateboarding that nobody cares about (not even children).

Did people there care about skateboarding at some point? Because I seem to vaguely remember it was a bit of a big deal (or better, a 'not super small deal') 15 years ago or something when kids were actually trying it and going to school on their skateboard, but nowadays maybe I see someone with a skateboard once every two weeks or something  

 

Adding skateboarding to the Olympics is the absolute perfect example of old people thinking what kids did many years ago is now cool.

[hckošice 14,822]

40 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Did people there care about skateboarding at some point? Because I seem to vaguely remember it was a bit of a big deal (or better, a 'not super small deal') 15 years ago or something when kids were actually trying it and going to school on their skateboard

 

Exactly ! My feelings, it was something in the early 2000s because of her and all that boom , but nowadays I can not remember the last time I saw a kid with skateborad...ah that beautiful era, nostalgia

 

[heywoodu 15,135]

Just now, hckosice said:

 

Exactly ! My feelings, it was something in the early 2000s because of her and all that boom , but nowadays I can not remember the last time I saw a kid with skateborad...ah that beautiful era, nostalgia

 

Yeah it's not kids I see with a skateboard, only (very rarely) some hipster taking it into the train  

[hckošice 14,822]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

only (very rarely) some hipster taking it into the train

 

ah you dudes from Paises Baixos, you always must be unique

[LDOG 2,418]

I haven't seen any actual skater or even people that dress like skater since I was at school, so like 2005... 

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

il y a 25 minutes, heywoodu a dit :

Did people there care about skateboarding at some point? Because I seem to vaguely remember it was a bit of a big deal (or better, a 'not super small deal') 15 years ago or something when kids were actually trying it and going to school on their skateboard, but nowadays maybe I see someone with a skateboard once every two weeks or something  

 

Adding skateboarding to the Olympics is the absolute perfect example of old people thinking what kids did many years ago is now cool.

 

I had a Bart Simpson skateboard when I was nine. So yes, very much.

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

Le 03/07/2019 à 16:50, ChandlerMne a dit :

IMO, last "good" games were London 2012. After that, Bach is steadily killing Olympics. He is doing that in few simple but effective steps.

1. Reducing number of athletes by any cost

2. Artificially equaling gender representation

3. Adding some sports which are "urban" and youth appealing (are they sport at all is a question to discuss)

4. Destroying traditional sports by reducing categories or even disciplines and by adding some mix competitions which are pointless

5. Saving as much money as possible

 

 

Maybe i am old, but i started to like olympics when they were "normal". This V2010+ version is...blah... not my cup of tea.

 

All of this were allready put in place (to various degrees) before Bach.

[ChandlerMne 1,037]

2 minutes ago, De_Gambassi said:

 

All of this were allready put in place (to various degrees) before Bach.

Roggue is responsible mainly for 1) and 5). Maybe he also initialised other changes but all of them were formalised under Bach. 

I would like to hear your opinion, with some details. 

[De_Gambassi 1,223]

il y a 3 minutes, ChandlerMne a dit :

Roggue is responsible mainly for 1) and 5). Maybe he also initialised other changes but all of them were formalised under Bach. 

I would like to hear your opinion, with some details. 

 

"Gender equaity" for exemple. Bach might have formalised it, but it was in the making for a long time before him. We didn't wait for Bach to introduce both female wrestling and boxing.

 

(percentage of women events during the summer olympics)

 

 

And honestly as much I don't like that policy at all, I understant why IOC could have chosen to cave in under political pressures. Bach or not Bach il would have make little difference.

 

It's the same for your other points really, it's only IOC trying to survive the current economic and political climate. I'm not taking Bach for responsable here. There is little him or some other guy could do.