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Least/most valuable gold medal disciplines
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social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Just watched some of the rythmic gymnastics in the gym and if that is in the Olympics then so should ballroom dancing
social
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Exactly
The bird I watched had 2 batons and whilst it was quite impressive watching her chuck them into the air, do a spin on her back and then catch them, it was basically cirque du soleil
No idea what relevance someone performing the crucifix on the rings followed by a triple somersault dismount has to this
sledger
Spanish_Vicente
Better start giving out medals to boats and bikes too.
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
That would be pretty cool tbh.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
At the very least, the horse should have to come from the same country as the rider. Really pissed me off seeing the saudis strutting around on horses that've probably never spent a minute of their lives in the kingdom.
PhoenixFire
International Coach
Fastest human is winner of 200m surely, if you're gonna be a pedant. Which I am.
Daemon
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Nah, that doesn't make sense to me. A talented rider shouldn't be disadvantaged by the availability/quality of horses that his country fails to nurture.
Such an elitist sport though, seriously.
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This, so much this, bunch of grown men and women rushing around like they've crapped themselves - what a joke - years ago I remember we had a bloke called Paul Nihill - might have actually got a medal at one games - he made John Cleese's Ministry of Silly Walks sketch look like a serious documentary - ****wits the lot of them
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Not really. Pre-Johnson it was rare anyway.
grecian
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Pietro Mennea says hi.
cpr
International Coach
Dunno re Equestrian, Takes very different skills to most other athletes. A runner or cyclist kicks his legs, he knows he moves, a horse-rider kicks his, he hopes his mount doesnt think '**** this, I'm off to each some grass and mount a filly'. He/she has to control an animal with its own sense of destiny, cajole it into giving up its free will, and do it as quickly as possible. Takes some doing.
Sailing can do one IMO. Bunch of posh kids playing ships. Would only be acceptable if bonus points were given for the number of fish you caught, otherwise theres no point to being on a boat.
Sailing can do one IMO. Bunch of posh kids playing ships. Would only be acceptable if bonus points were given for the number of fish you caught, otherwise theres no point to being on a boat.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
I fail to see how ballroom dancing is less credible than anything else mentioned in this thread. I'm not too keen on anything that requires a judge's score actually being in the Olympics if I'm going to be honest but I'd take ballroom dancing a fair bit more seriously than synchronised swimming or gymnastics.