And add the thing they do with a ball, or maybe it's part of the same ribbon dancing routine, looks like something they did in the Victorian era. However you can be sure there's plenty of people that love those performances, can't please everyone I guess.
Brett, thanks mate, yeah for a country of only 5 million we (Kiwis) certainly made some noise and had a very successful Olympics.
I read a couple of headlines claiming that due to the negative feedback Breakdancing in the Olympics received thanks to this goofball, it will not be in the 2028 games in LA.
Apparently it’s true. Host cities collaborate on what sports will be included in the Olympics and LA opted to exclude breakdancing. Boxing may be on the chopping block too because of disarray in the sport’s governing body. I find it odd that cities get to have a vote on what’s included. I had assumed this would be the province of the IOC.
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Reminded me of the British Eddie the Eagle in the winter Olympics and he did alright, they even made a film about him, same with the Jamacian Bobsledge team. God loves a trier and we all like to cheer for the underdog. So more power to her for having a go, showed the Olympic spirit, the taking part matters, not always winning.
It's apples to hand grenades; being an underdog and trying is one thing, making the olympic team over another person who has more talent in their ring finger than this woman has in her whole body is another, she went in place of a much more qualified athlete, made a farce out of the competition to the point where the US and AU plan to not have break dancing in their olympics, good for both of those countries.
I did not know she went instead of someone else, on various news outlets it said she got her place through a qualifying event against 14 other female contentants in Sidney in October 2023? Did not know it was a political [with a small p] decision. Not really into dancing, only dancing i excel at is Uncle at a Wedding' dancing.
You are correct; I saw a story about this and the girl she got in over was super talented, a complete farce that ray gun or whatever her name was was put on the team over her.
Oh, not a big follower of the Olympics, become too corporate and professional for me, used to like it in the 80s, when there would be competitors and you would hear they were a postman or an accountant, policeman etc and that was their job and the sport was their hobby/passion. Now the UK just seems good at the sports where you sit down or in sports where only the richer countries can afford the equipment. Plus having sports like football and tennis has watered down the olympics, as i always thought the olympics was meant to be close to the pinnicle of each individual sport and obviouly not in football and tennis. think it would more watchable if say in Tennis it was open to any player who had not competed in a grand slam or in football to people who do not currently or have never been paid to play the sport.
Agreed, the whole "amateur athlete" angle is long gone, most of these athletes do their chosen sport year round, very few amateurs now involved, it's all a big, giant cash grab for all involved.
It also costs the host country a fortune and they hardly ever get the return back. I would just give it to 4 or 5 places in the world [Greece, city in North American, South America and one in Asia, cities and places that are not doing great economically, they would get a boost every 20 years and have the infrastructure to run other large sporting events] and have it rotate.
Totally agree; they were thinking about putting in a bid to host the olympics here in Boston; we don't have the facilities for it, specifically the huge outdoor stadium that's needed for track and field which would have had to be built, and then what happens to them once the event is over............I agree with your premise, have 4 or so locations that host it on a rotating basis, great idea actually.
As a rule any 'sport' in the Olympics must be able to be calculated/scored/measured, such as fastest, furthest, closest [shooting], highest, longest, for me that is what sport is about, not artistic impression. Plus introduce a Platinum medal, which replaces the gold and is given if the person breaks the Olympic record when coming first.