Feeling happier as you watch the Olympics, merrily telling people that in a 'proper Olympics' these sports would not be there? Well we have many more to go...
Rule Number 3: We already have a great event for that!
Football (soccer) - The Olympic version has always been a strange
beast, the whole “everyone but three people need to be under 23” is random
beyond measre... The world cup should be enough (although well done team GB for
managing not to pick Becks, nice).
Cycling (Road) - Le tour determines the greatest complete road
racer of the year. All the Olympics does is produce an event where the trade
teams can have an unhealthy influence on the overall result (e.g. the Sydney
Olympics where Team Telekom won all the medals in a pre-planned move, or this
year when Bernie Eisel slotted into the ‘Sky’ train to ride for Cavendish.)
Tennis - AAARRGGH, we already have four tennis majors, why add
anything else? Especially when it just becomes a poor man’s Wimbledon (at
Wimbledon!). I just realised today there are mixed doubles in as well!
Golf & Rugby – I know, I know, they are not in right
now, but they will be in 2016 and the same applies to them as well. Four majors
for Golf, and the World Cup for Rugby. The fact that these sports are being added only adds to my
frustration here. While I would like to strip the Olympics down to a simple
elegant event, the organisers appear to want every sport in the planet
involved. Stay tuned for racing boats, oh wait, they tried that already, and didn't it work well...
Part 4
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