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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
ev4n:
55 saves by a 21 year old Latvian kid. Well done.
ev4n:
Also huge congrats to the 2 US teams not featuring Lolo Jones for medalling. Still a travesty that Lolo came instead of the woman who was there in the first place, but I guess NBC got what they wanted.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Gareth on 19 Feb 2014, 01:34 ---The Olympics is a sports event. Stuff that isn't sport shouldn't be in there.
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This begs the question. What makes an activity a sport? Compare and contrast ice dancing, and ballet dancing, for example. Essentially, the only thing that makes the former an Olympic sport, and the latter an art, is that a score is awarded at the end of one, but not the other.
--- Quote from: Skewbrow on 18 Feb 2014, 21:37 ---The events I would throw out are the ones where artistic impression and style judges play too large a role. Sure, figure skating, slopestyle, halfpipe, synchronized swimming and the like are physically demanding - no question about that. But evaluation of style always seems to leave too much room for differences of opinion as to who actually was the best. May be that is part of the fun actually?
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Style and physical beauty, as assessed by very culturally-specific standards, is certainly a big part of the marketing appeal, I think. By curious coincidence: On subjective judging, racism, and injuries in figure-skating.
High-level, and especially professional, sport involves trading off injury for rewards of some combination of money, glory, and self-esteem. But let us not forget that someone who spends decades in a desk job, and then expires from one of the conditions provoked by a long-term sedentary life-style, has essentially done the same thing. It's a matter of how high we decide to burn our flames.
GarandMarine:
Or rather how we burn them. Mental and emotional stress can be just as damaging as putting your body through the ringer physically.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 18 Feb 2014, 18:57 ---I believe Chess will be a sport in the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Along with Rugby Sevens.
But no wrestling. :? :? :?
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Oh my fuck, rugby sevens is one of the best things there is anywhere.
Guys, how do you feel about Pussy Riot's attempted performance at the Sochi Olympics being broken up violently by the Cossack Militia?
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