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#25 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 09, 2020, 08:57:34 am
Sport climbing wasn't on the Paris Olympic programme when it was bid and there is no obligation for Paris to include for it. As of yesterday, it wasn't on the Paris Programme. As of today, it is. That sounds like it was added to me?

Oh right, maybe they should have said that  :shrug:

They probably should, but I can’t blame them (IFSC) for being massively excited and sending out a press release. They just made the mistake of thinking that everyone would know the intricacies of the Olympic application process and miss the fact that everyone thought it was already a done deal.

(Sorry for the previous arsey reply, bad day at the office/in the loft)

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#26 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 09, 2020, 03:00:04 pm
Does it matter?
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#27 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 04:28:07 am
Head to head on how many times you blow chalk off your fingers before grabbing the hold in event of a tie.

Hopefully Graeme will be judging  ;D

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#28 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 09:44:29 am
I also see Break Dancing.... I mean 'breaking' made the cut.

I bet quidditch will make it into the olympics before squash.

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#29 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 11:33:35 am
I think the Olympics is great for giving a showcase to niche sports.

Isn't it about time they got rid of the mainstream stuff that gets global attention the rest of the year?

Any sport which doesn't view an Olympic medal as the greatest achievement shouldn't be in the Olympics.

Get rid of football, tennis and rugby.

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#30 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 11:53:41 am
Any sport which doesn't view an Olympic medal as the greatest achievement shouldn't be in the Olympics.

Get rid of football, tennis and rugby.

By this argument also Cycling? Certainly for the road stuff a grand tour is held in higher regard, not sure whether track stuff considers Olympics higher than world champs, likewise with mountain biking.


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#31 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 01:09:20 pm
Every comp climber that didn't qualify for the combined format in Tokyo now breathing a sigh of relief that they never have to climb the speed route again. Olympic qualified climbers to do appallingly in boulder and lead world cups next year.

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#32 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 02:18:24 pm
Any sport which doesn't view an Olympic medal as the greatest achievement shouldn't be in the Olympics.

Get rid of football, tennis and rugby.

By this argument also Cycling? Certainly for the road stuff a grand tour is held in higher regard, not sure whether track stuff considers Olympics higher than world champs, likewise with mountain biking.

Definitely. Get rid of road cycling and give the spot to a sport that doesn't have a Tour de France and hundreds of millions of pounds invested annually.

Track cycling, I've never seen it on TV outside the Olympics. I'm sure it exists, but it's clearly not that big a deal.

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#33 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 03:36:32 pm
Any sport which doesn't view an Olympic medal as the greatest achievement shouldn't be in the Olympics.

Get rid of football, tennis and rugby.

By this argument also Cycling? Certainly for the road stuff a grand tour is held in higher regard, not sure whether track stuff considers Olympics higher than world champs, likewise with mountain biking.

Definitely. Get rid of road cycling and give the spot to a sport that doesn't have a Tour de France and hundreds of millions of pounds invested annually.

Track cycling, I've never seen it on TV outside the Olympics. I'm sure it exists, but it's clearly not that big a deal.
Maybe you need to take out a Eurosport subscription and then you can watch track cycling till the cows come home.
As for road cycling the Olympic championship has great prestige. The champion is usually seen wearing gold shoes and a gold helmet.
What you need to do is get rid of the sports that do not require any athletic ability.
Also nobody knows yet in climbing whether an Olympic medal will be considered greater than the World Cup.

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#34 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 03:54:00 pm
Any sport which doesn't view an Olympic medal as the greatest achievement shouldn't be in the Olympics.
Presumably climbing would be removed from the Olympics?

A repeat of Burden of Dreams is clearly greater than an Olympic medal.

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#35 Re: Climbing added to Paris Olympics 2024
December 10, 2020, 05:57:59 pm
To a climber maybe but surely any cycling fan would rather win Roubaix than get a gold medal on the track but that doesn't make them more likely to get offers to advertise yoghurt or appear on TV alongside other C-list celebrities.

 

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