I think the olympics have grown way too big.
They've been gatecrashed by dozens of sports and events that really should not be there (for a variety of reasons, including a. they are lame, b. they are stupid, c. they are spin-offs from other events or sports and the people who compete in them are only people who couldn't cut the mustard in real events [I put walkers especially in this category], and d. they just are not befitting of an olympic gold medal).
And another thing, I have nothing against Micheal Phelps (that guy can swim), but little wonder he has a gazillion gold medals, there are so many up for grabs in swimming.
After alll, they hand out golds for a stroke like the butterfly. If we applied similiar logic to athletics, then there would be a gold for this:
You could have the:
That would put real athletes on a similiar footing to swimmers.
They've been gatecrashed by dozens of sports and events that really should not be there (for a variety of reasons, including a. they are lame, b. they are stupid, c. they are spin-offs from other events or sports and the people who compete in them are only people who couldn't cut the mustard in real events [I put walkers especially in this category], and d. they just are not befitting of an olympic gold medal).
And another thing, I have nothing against Micheal Phelps (that guy can swim), but little wonder he has a gazillion gold medals, there are so many up for grabs in swimming.
After alll, they hand out golds for a stroke like the butterfly. If we applied similiar logic to athletics, then there would be a gold for this:
You could have the:
- 100m silly walk
- 200m silly walk
- 400m silly walk
- 4 x 100m silly walk relay
- 4 x 400m silly walk relay
- 4 x 100 m medley relay (sprint / silly walk / hurdle / walk)
- 4 x 400m medley relay (sprint / silly walk / hurdle / walk)
That would put real athletes on a similiar footing to swimmers.