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1 minute ago, Jack Gonçalves said:

Can't it be in Boxing and Weightlifting, even remove events? 

Both full of scandals... 

 

Actually at this point they kinda damage the Olympic Games image a bit.

 

Artistic Gymnastics also is full of scandals.. This joke with women's individual all-around in 4 in a row olympics must finally end

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12 minutes ago, Jack Gonçalves said:

Can't it be in Boxing and Weightlifting, even remove events? 

Both full of scandals... 

 

Actually at this point they kinda damage the Olympic Games image a bit.

 

China has won the weighlifting OG medal table the last five times... IOC is NOT removing one of China's strong holds under no condition. Same applies to diving which I imagine is one of the least popular events during the Olympics. USA might have given up on boxing since everyone goes pro early but it's still huge in former USSR and Cuba. Since they added women's boxing to OG it's not really going away esp. it's one of the traditional sports which is backed by major international players. Tennis and golf are the two most expendable ones since Olympic gold medal isn't the highest achievement in any of the two sports.

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10 minutes ago, George_D said:

Artistic Gymnastics also is full of scandals.. This joke with women's individual all-around in 4 in a row olympics must finally end

Were any of the last four women’s all around controversial? Just seems like an... odd complaint. 

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3 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Tennis and golf are the two most expendable ones since Olympic gold medal isn't the highest achievement in any of the two sports.

At least Tennis had had some recent success in attracting the best players. Golf still looks like it’s fighting an uphill battle based on recent reporting.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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36 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

At least Tennis had had some recent success in attracting the best players. Golf still looks like it’s fighting an uphill battle based on recent reporting.

Golf just isn't a global sport on the highest scale. The 25th best US player is still better than the best player from like 95% of golf countries. No to mention independent Scotland and England teams can't compete at the Olympics which shrinks the best European nation by default.

 

It's even less competitive for the women where South Korea dominates all, USA is a distant second but still way ahead of everyone else. The one-offs like Lydia Ko don't move the needle. LET is just a glorified second league. It's like those NCAA amateur teams competing for USA at the Olympics when NBA or NHL couldn't field their players as professionals.

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