Tokyo Olympics 2021

I imagine them putting them on like Ross in Friends with his leather trousers.

Another suggestion I'll be supplying to the IOC is that the Modern Pentathlon events should be run in immediate succession like the triathlon. Have a swim, run to your horse, shoot some stuff whilst riding your horse then pick up a blade and survive in a ring like the royal rumble, last person around wins. There'll be bonus armour and better swords/horses for the people who finish the swim and run quickest. The first person to the ring can also set up traps and ambushes for those who arrive latest. This is all a bit harsh for the horses though so possibly sub them out for unicycles or something, I dunno.

What a race. The second heat I was positive Hoogland had it, how the f did Lavreysen recover from that?
Class acts, both of them!

They didn't show the fencing - I assume, in keeping with the rest of the event, it's random if you get a sword, light-sabre, brolly or stick of celery?

Modern Pentathlon is out of date. In line with the tradition of doing a combination of sports that displays the best skills required for a contemporary solider. The new modern pentathlon should just be five rounds of aerial drone strikes with xbox controllers.

stick of celery?

Do the IOC do localism?
Maybe suggest a stick of Japanese Knotweed?

Dumbest 'sport' up there with ribbon twiddling, is some kind of karate where you stand by yourself in the arena and look really serious and bust out your best cobra kai training montage skills. Baffling.
I didn't expect to, but have really enjoyed the sport climbing.

That would require an advanced level of quarantine before re-entry.

Lol, yeh I can't believe they have convinced the IOC to let the Kata's be an event but think it is only for this Olympics due to being in Japan

Winter biathlon is a bit like this. Great sport

Winter biathlon is great to watch (I'd hate to be forced into it).
All the competitors slog themselves to death cross-country skiing, with slight breathers where they have to hit tiny targets a mile away, and in the one I watched everyone who crossed the finish line immediately collapsed knackered on the floor.

Don't the horsey Olympians win their medals because of their majestic control of the wild beasts? Nothing to do with the horses sideways dancing skill right? If you can't get a simple horse to do what you've told it, you should defo not get a medal.

Was on a call for the karate so couldn't hear the commentary - looked like they were just warming up then the coverage switched to a different sport?

more here:

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100% agree on all of that, but I would allow horse events on the proviso that they don't have a rider, and the horse counted as the competitor.

Slippery slope.
Why only unattached horses?
Why not walrusses or manatees in the swimming pool?

They don't have global representation and therefore it would be unfair for landlocked countries.

same here. heat 2 was insane. crazy strong Harrie...

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Talk to me about the Winter Olympics.

When did Italy become a sprinting powerhouse?

They would be excluded from competition due to pool salinity regulations. Unless they can train in freshwater?

I think they could compete in diving as I believe the diving pool is sanitised with salt not chlorine for improved visibility on TV.

Amazing

Hadn't considered the salinity issue,
but,
of course, the IOC have prepared the way,
with the Open/Sea swimming.

Pondering further, we could have a four-year relay of whales circumnavigating the oceans,
and,
delivering a (representative) Olympic Torch to the next venue.

wish all the Olympic horses told the posh twats to fuck off

That's quite a few of team GB

Why not walrusses or manatees in the swimming pool?

Because Dean Wilson would still win.

https://youtu.be/g3Uhc4QPZ-Q