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Cobbydaler 11-02-2013 23:18
Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
2020 possible Olympics changes, what a joke...
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The modern pentathlon is likely to be among several sports at risk of being dropped from future Olympics.
Taekwondo, wrestling, badminton and table tennis are also thought to be fighting for survival from 2020.
Members of the International Olympic Committee's executive board will decide on Tuesday which events will survive.
Baseball and softball have combined forces to seek inclusion from 2020, along with squash, sport climbing, wakeboarding, wushu and roller sports.
Great Britain's women have won a medal at every Games since the event was opened to both sexes at Sydney 2000.
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Wakeboarding

What is it? Cable wakeboarding is the proposal that the IOC will have to consider - it differs from the more traditional version of the sport where participants are towed by a boat and use the wake created to jump, flip and spin in the air.
An Olympic competition will use overhead cable machines to tow up to nine riders at once. With no wake created, competitors flex the cable in order to spring out of the water.
Each rider must show all possible variations of tricks and each run is judged subjectively against others, with two runs per heat. No falls are allowed.

denphone 12-02-2013 06:57
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
One word and that is pathetic.

Jameseh 12-02-2013 16:07
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
If you have to explain the sport, it shouldn't be in.

Sirius 12-02-2013 16:39
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
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Originally Posted by denphone (Post 35535353)
One word and that is pathetic.
Indeed

Damien 12-02-2013 16:54
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
The Modern Pentathlon was one of the few sports that really struggled to sell out in 2012. Whenever I was looking for more tickets the one constant was Modern Pentathlon as well as early rounds of judo...

danielf 12-02-2013 17:07
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I just looked up the Modern Pentathlon and it doesn't surprise me that it struggled with attendance, so I can see how the IOC would be looking for alternatives. I'm not sure if the alternative should be a jury sport though. Squash seems a better choice imo.

Cobbydaler 12-02-2013 19:50
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
Wrestling's got the chop...

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/21427455

denphone 12-02-2013 19:55
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 35535657)
Wrestling's got the chop...

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/21427455
One sport which l would like to see in the Olympics is darts but somehow l cannot see it happening.

Damien 12-02-2013 23:27
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Darts is a game not a sport :D

denphone 13-02-2013 06:34
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
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Originally Posted by Damien (Post 35535775)
Darts is a game not a sport :D
l still have a lot to learn teacher.:D

Russ 13-02-2013 06:54
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler (Post 35535657)
Wrestling's got the chop...

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/21427455
Utter madness, wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world and far more legitimate than an effeminate horse skipping around a field.

Damien 13-02-2013 09:24
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
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Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35535840)
Utter madness, wrestling is one of the oldest sports in the world and far more legitimate than an effeminate horse skipping around a field.
They need to change the rule about not letting professionals in. It's absurd that The Rock has never won a gold medal!






;):D

Anyway I agree. Wrestling is more of a sport than horse dancing. It also seems more of a 'pure' Olympic sport given it's age. That said it has decent competition for the 2020 sport with Squash, baseball/softball and karate in there...

Russ 13-02-2013 10:43
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Wrestling is more connected to the Olympics than just about any other sport too. Sickening.

denphone 13-02-2013 10:57
Re: Modern Pentathlon out, Wakeboarding in?
 
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Originally Posted by Russ (Post 35535857)
Wrestling is more connected to the Olympics than just about any other sport too. Sickening.
l cannot see why they can't add a few more sports and keep the ones they have got and extend the whole Jamboree for a few more days.


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