Paris 2024 Olympics Thread - 11th August (pg 430)

[willipp]

She won cause she brushed her toe in her face twice. Bit wank that.

 

[Kippax Street 1880]

The Olympic versions of martial arts are so sanitised. Should chuck some Muay Thai in there.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

What's this kicking sport

crap

 

[bridgeno1]

@bridgeno1 can you share your experience with this?

Yeah what I've learned is you always need to make sure you win the duuell with your adversary.

 

[SebastianBlue]

The Olympic versions of martial arts are so sanitised. Should chuck some Muay Thai in there.

Not just sanitised, but have become far too technical. It is a lot of sparring and probing, with only brief seconds of actual meaningful physical contact when an opponent makes a minute miscalculation opening themselves up to a strike or a takedown.

As others have said, martial arts like Taekwondo or Judo are reduced to watching grown people kicking each others ankles and shins (or the air) over and over again whilst lightly grasping each other’s robes for 5 minutes, then 2 seconds of a forced fall, and 10 seconds of a pin, or a half second strike before resetting.

Then only people that are interested are the people deeply involved in participating in, coaching, or supporting that level of the competition.

Everyone else is just waiting for the swimming or track events to be put back on, even if they are replays of earlier that day.

It wasn’t the IOC or the sport organisers themselves that really did that, though, it was the top martial artists minmaxing overtime, turning it in to the sterile form on show now. What we watch is what wins medals and competitions, so that is what they are going to do.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Yeah what I've learned is you always need to make sure you win the duuell with your adversary.

It’s the only way to get the double u!

 

[levets]

A bit gutted to only get one like for this, it took me fucking ages!

Good job mate. Although Thailand just won Gold in Taekwondo

 

[levets]

Don't know if this changes your table but you will have noted that Morocco are now out of that final league of no medals, having just won gold in the men's steeplechase.

As are Thailand

 

[Gray]

View attachment 127604Who designed the "Team GB" tracksuit? Stevie Wonder?

I wouldn’t have one if it was given to me for free. Absolute abomination.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Don't know if this changes your table but you will have noted that Morocco are now out of that final league of no medals, having just won gold in the men's steeplechase.

Course it does but this was after my post - I don’t possess a tardis