JoshMartini007 2,131 Posted May 24, 2022 #31 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Canoeing and sailing at least have the ability to be shrunk (and in canoeing's case able to drop slalom). Modern pentathlon can't shrink without disappearing. Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,177 Posted May 25, 2022 #32 Share Posted May 25, 2022 9 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Canoeing and sailing at least have the ability to be shrunk (and in canoeing's case able to drop slalom). Modern pentathlon can't shrink without disappearing. Slalom is more TV friendly than Sprint, which is why they added two more slalom events while they removed the two 200m sprint events. So yeah, there's no way that they are dropping slalom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted May 25, 2022 #33 Share Posted May 25, 2022 33 minutes ago, Vektor said: Slalom is more TV friendly than Sprint, which is why they added two more slalom events while they removed the two 200m sprint events. So yeah, there's no way that they are dropping slalom. While I agree, slalom does have a large elephant in the room called venue. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodge 681 Posted May 25, 2022 #34 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Slalom canoe existed before the Olympics. It’ll be fine. Likewise sailing. The Americas Cup is bigger than the Olympics and there’ll always be rich people wanting to sail Modern Pentathlon genuinely is in trouble of collapsing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werloc 3,125 Posted May 25, 2022 #35 Share Posted May 25, 2022 First, every single one of our canoeing specialists had to change their discipline, European and World Champions had to forget about sprints and learn longer distances, jump into different boats, never having canoed in doubles or fours. Then, this whole modern-pentathlon shake up in which we have a long and successful history. It feels like this is a master plan to sabotage Lithuania, with many of our strategic sports under fire. I don't care about making Olympics more hip with the youth, I was young when I fell in love with the Olympics and I don't particularly feel that the event catered to me, because it didn't have to. Rollerskating, skateboarding, wall-climbing, golfing, breakdancing, 13yo gold medalists... it's just ughhh making this a joke for me. Don't blink, they'll find a way to ruin Athletics, Rowing and Swimming for me too. Sindo, dcro and intoronto 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,131 Posted May 25, 2022 #36 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Ah yes, the youthful and hip sport of golf. I think the IOC needs to concede to either cut sports/events or increase the total number of athletes to around 12,000. That's how many athletes we needed once they made the (correct) decision to expand women's sports. NearPup and FancyFenchel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshMartini007 2,131 Posted May 25, 2022 #37 Share Posted May 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, Werloc said: Don't blink, they'll find a way to ruin Athletics, Rowing and Swimming for me too. The IOC is trying really hard to get rid of eights. We'll probably lose one of the four person boats soon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted May 25, 2022 #38 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Obstacle course? My lord this is some bad shit. Guess the urban events are being sold as the new future. What a load of croc. Just kill this sport already. I have a feeling it will die within the next five years anyway. Rope swing? American Gladiators had more innovation 30 years ago than this shit. Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,129 Posted May 25, 2022 #39 Share Posted May 25, 2022 37 minutes ago, Werloc said: First, every single one of our canoeing specialists had to change their discipline, European and World Champions had to forget about sprints and learn longer distances, jump into different boats, never having canoed in doubles or fours. Then, this whole modern-pentathlon shake up in which we have a long and successful history. It feels like this is a master plan to sabotage Lithuania, with many of our strategic sports under fire. I don't care about making Olympics more hip with the youth, I was young when I fell in love with the Olympics and I don't particularly feel that the event catered to me, because it didn't have to. Rollerskating, skateboarding, wall-climbing, golfing, breakdancing, 13yo gold medalists... it's just ughhh making this a joke for me. Don't blink, they'll find a way to ruin Athletics, Rowing and Swimming for me too. Welcome to the club SVK Olympic strength (Rio 2016 medals) 4 Medals (2-2-0) Gold: Canoe Slalom C2 (the pride of Slovak sport and Olympics glory) --------- Evaporated from the program and non-existing discipline anymore Silver: Canoe Sprint K4-1000m --------------- non-olympic anymore Gold: Race Walking 50km ............................. Non-existing anymore Silver: the only remaining is Canoe Slalom M C1 ...... waiting for extinction, because, you know, apparently you must build a venue for this since the river is not enough anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzanator 3,569 Posted May 25, 2022 #40 Share Posted May 25, 2022 I recommend Takeshi's Castle as Olympic Sport! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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