The Olympics (2 Viewers)

[marco55]

I agree entirely but take issue with the media fawning over the decision to quit as heroic. Someone who rises to her level of expertise has basically spent their entire life training and preparing for these events. It is not an easy life that requires enormous dedication and sacrifice at an early age. That often results in dysfunction. But no one forces them to take this road and when they succeed to her level they are compensated in way that most people never achieve in a lifetime. So while I can admire her talent and dedication when she and her family decided to enter the public arena they must accept the criticism along with the praise. She was having a bad performance and simply decided to quit. There is nothing admirable about that in my opinion. And there is nothing wrong with the media criticizing her but in these woke times it is no longer acceptable to pass judgment on that type of conduct. It is deemed insensitive to "mental illness." As a result, the lesson to younger folks is increasingly not to persevere through difficult times but to give up in the face of adversity.

I disagree when you say no one forces them to do this.Many children are highly pressured to do things they be exceptional in but really don't want to pursue by parents,coaches,teachers,etc..
Mark

 

[hotel3alpha]

All,

Well....I still love the Womens Soccer team.

John from Texas

 

[jazzeum]

All,

Well....I still love the Womens Soccer team.

John from Texas

I’m with you John.

 

[Panzer ace]

To each their own but none of these sports matter much to me.

I appreciate the dedication of the athletes and their families but outside of the Olympics no one is watching most, if not all, of these sports.

 

[Desertkiwi]

To each their own but none of these sports matter much to me.

I appreciate the dedication of the athletes and their families but outside of the Olympics no one is watching most, if not all, of these sports.

Jason mate hope you and the family are well my friend?

I have to be honest I've have been enjoying the Olympics which have been a welcome distraction from all the covid doom and gloom....

Hats off to all the athletes and those involved. :salute::

 

[jazzeum]

To each their own but none of these sports matter much to me.

I appreciate the dedication of the athletes and their families but outside of the Olympics no one is watching most, if not all, of these sports.

Should the number of people watching a sport be the determining criteria of its relevance. Many of these sports have a passionate fan base. Leaving aside major sports that have a large following in the US like basketball, tennis, baseball and the like, a sport like cycling has a huge following internationally. One of the highlights of my sport year is watching the Tour de France.

Like Toddy I’m enjoying the Olympics.

 

[jazzeum]

Spain made it through to the semis in extra time although they were nearly eliminated in added time at the end of the second half.

One of the biggest surprises of the Olympics — at least to me — has to be Djokovic leaving Tokyo with no medals. In the space of 24 hours he lost the semis in singles and mixed doubles, lost the men’s bronze medal match and withdrew from the mixed doubles bronze medal match, citing injury. It was probably a bridge too far — the French Open, Wimbledon and Olympics came in rather quick succession — and will now need to rest up for the US Open, which starts in about a month.

 

[wayne556517]

All,

Well....I still love the Womens Soccer team.

John from Texas

Hope we play you for the gold one mate..................:salute::

 

[Go for Broke]

I'm enjoying the Olympics. Watching the obscure events. BMX racing, skateboarding, fencing, archery and handball. Fencing is nothing like the three musketeers. The archery guys sure look out of shape. I also like track and field, especially hurdles.

 

[Warrior]

I'm enjoying the Olympics. Watching the obscure events. BMX racing, skateboarding, fencing, archery and handball. Fencing is nothing like the three musketeers. The archery guys sure look out of shape. I also like track and field, especially hurdles.

I like watching swimming, gymnastics, beach and regular volleyball and track and field.

The rest of the most is of little to no interest for me, but that's just me.

As Jason said, outside of the olympics, none of these sports are of interest to me.

I find it compelling that someone trains four years for a shot at a medal.

And whoever that AU swimming coach is who almost had two strokes in the stands as the female swimmer won two gold medals needs to switch to decaf, holy smokes, talk about over the top.

 

[Desertkiwi]

Should the number of people watching a sport be the determining criteria of its relevance. Many of these sports have a passionate fan base. Leaving aside major sports that have a large following in the US like basketball, tennis, baseball and the like, a sport like cycling has a huge following internationally. One of the highlights of my sport year is watching the Tour de France.

Like Toddy I’m enjoying the Olympics.

I'm a bit like PA and wouldn't normally watch many of the sports currently featuring in the Olympics, but the coverage and live footage has been thrilling despite the lack of crowds.

I see track and field have just started now so should be a fun week.

 

[sammy719]

I've enjoyed watching the Olympics so far this Summer, as far as the politics of kneeling before the American Anthem or whatever there has been very little of that, matter of fact there has been much enthusiasm for the athletes that have been on the podiums for Medals!!! If teams like Women's Soccer chose to kneel before the Anthem. They get no support for me, we all have opinions and what we support or not support...but again glad to see much support and excitement for our Country from most all the Athletes.

 

[mikemiller1955]

I like watching swimming, gymnastics, beach and regular volleyball and track and field.

The rest of the most is of little to no interest for me, but that's just me.

As Jason said, outside of the olympics, none of these sports are of interest to me.

I find it compelling that someone trains four years for a shot at a medal.

And whoever that AU swimming coach is who almost had two strokes in the stands as the female swimmer won two gold medals needs to switch to decaf, holy smokes, talk about over the top.

I like the riding lawn mower races, elephant polo, beer pong and the hot dog eating contest...
Joey Chestnut will win gold this year...

 

[OzDigger]

I like the riding lawn mower races, elephant polo, beer pong and the hot dog eating contest...
Joey Chestnut will win gold this year...

I watch the occasional Olympic event, the following are my favs.

 

[Panzer ace]

Should the number of people watching a sport be the determining criteria of its relevance. Many of these sports have a passionate fan base. Leaving aside major sports that have a large following in the US like basketball, tennis, baseball and the like, a sport like cycling has a huge following internationally. One of the highlights of my sport year is watching the Tour de France.

Like Toddy I’m enjoying the Olympics.

Brad:

I have great respect for both yours and Toddy’s views on the Olympics.

As for me, I simply can’t watch most of the sports involved because at the end of the Olympics I never find myself looking for more swimming or gymnastics in my channel guide.

To each their own.

-Jason

 

[wayne556517]

I like watching swimming, gymnastics, beach and regular volleyball and track and field.

The rest of the most is of little to no interest for me, but that's just me.

As Jason said, outside of the olympics, none of these sports are of interest to me.

I find it compelling that someone trains four years for a shot at a medal.

And whoever that AU swimming coach is who almost had two strokes in the stands as the female swimmer won two gold medals needs to switch to decaf, holy smokes, talk about over the top.[/QUO


Passion mate we do OK for a country of 25+ mill.

 

[jazzeum]

Brad:

I have great respect for both yours and Toddy’s views on the Olympics.

As for me, I simply can’t watch most of the sports involved because at the end of the Olympics I never find myself looking for more swimming or gymnastics in my channel guide.

To each their own.

-Jason

Jason,

That wasn’t my point; I probably wouldn’t look for many of these sports either, not to mention you probably wouldn’t find a lot of coverage either and you can’t watch everything. I recognize that many of these sports have a following although they may not be popular with the general public in this country.

 

[jazzeum]

Jason,

That wasn’t my point; I probably wouldn’t look for many of these sports either, not to mention you probably wouldn’t find a lot of coverage either and you can’t watch everything. I recognize that many of these sports have a following although they may not be popular with the general public in this country.

I just watched the women’s gold metal match in badminton, which I didn’t even know was an Olympic sport, between China and Taiwan, which China won in a great match. It has a lot of features of tennis, great volleying, overhead smashes and quick net play. It was pretty exciting, with a lot of passion. I’d probably watch it again but the likelihood of finding it, except at the Olympics, is remote.

 

[Warrior]

I like watching swimming, gymnastics, beach and regular volleyball and track and field.

The rest of the most is of little to no interest for me, but that's just me.

As Jason said, outside of the olympics, none of these sports are of interest to me.

I find it compelling that someone trains four years for a shot at a medal.

And whoever that AU swimming coach is who almost had two strokes in the stands as the female swimmer won two gold medals needs to switch to decaf, holy smokes, talk about over the top.

Passion mate we do OK for a country of 25+ mill.

They showed a story of him and that swimmer, they had some footage of one of her training sessions where he was berating her pretty good, pushing, pushing, pushing.

I've had a lot of coaches in my life with various sports and I found those sort of coaches to be off putting; you get more with honey than vinegar, you don't have to berate me to get your point across, some people react in a negative way from that sort of "coaching" and they get turned off to the sport.

I'm happy for the swimmer, she won two golds.

Him; not so much.

 

[Desertkiwi]

Brad:

I have great respect for both yours and Toddy’s views on the Olympics.

As for me, I simply can’t watch most of the sports involved because at the end of the Olympics I never find myself looking for more swimming or gymnastics in my channel guide.

To each their own.

-Jason

Jason, appreciate your thoughts. I'm a bit like you really and wouldn't normally watch most of the sports featured in the Olympics outside of the Olympics, however this time around found it refreshing and a nice distraction from the continuous covid coverage.

The real kicker for me about this Olympics though is the IOC allowing Russian athlete's to compete under the erroneous title 'ROC'. How on earth they've allowed them back into the fold is beyond me given their state sponsored drug resume. Makes a total mockery of the system IMO.