The Rio Olympics

[Ironside]

Parent tip.  Sit nephew in front of that lot for 6 days.  Do not under any circumstances introduce a 2nd child. You'll be right.

he is totally not into sport and is only happy if we are doing things together he is 12 now so i cant even tire him out

so it will be xboxing and pokemon hunting till bed time if i can get 2 more brats involved then all his x box controllers will be used up and i can sit in room watching the sport while they kick lumps out of each other with wwe16

[The Camel]

Is Thomas obliged to work for Froome in this road race?

[The Camel]

In a one off race it should be every man for himself surely.

[Ironside]

In a one off race it should be every man for himself surely.

it was sort of every-man for himself for team GB today, only 1 rider was brought along as a domestic but they wouldnt of done anything to chase down a break if one of the GB team was in the break

[Tal]

In a one off race it should be every man for himself surely.

Pacemakers in athletics?

[Ironside]

In a one off race it should be every man for himself surely.

Pacemakers in athletics?

dont get pacemakers in the olympics or world champs

[Tal]

In a one off race it should be every man for himself surely.

Pacemakers in athletics?

dont get pacemakers in the olympics or world champs

Not officially, but in the distance races there are inevitably guys whose job it is to set the tempo.

Also, there's that bloke on the bike in the Keirin...

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[The Camel]

If you are going to make it a team sport, give all the riders in the team a medal if the leader wins one.

Doesn't seem fair that a guy is forced to give up his Olympic dream for another athlete.

[Tal]

If you are going to make it a team sport, give all the riders in the team a medal if the leader wins one.

Doesn't seem fair that a guy is forced to give up his Olympic dream for another athlete.

There is the point that the sport gets funding based on medals (I think). Also, I would expect there are situations where each guy could be the lead. Like when Stannard went off into the distance in London 2012; he is allowed to run his race at that point.

[Ironside]

If you are going to make it a team sport, give all the riders in the team a medal if the leader wins one.

Doesn't seem fair that a guy is forced to give up his Olympic dream for another athlete.

domestics in an Olympic cycling team wouldnt get into the race on ranking alone

Tal you dont get pacemakers even in distance races yeah you will see athletes working together but they are all in with a shout of winning a medal
its why the WR is normally miles ahead of championship records as the WRs are set with a team of pace makers paid by the event organizers wanting to squeeze there sponsors

[Ironside]

is it just me or have brazil dropped a bollock with the ticket sales if i remember correctly the only events not sold out at every session in london was the football

[Tal]

If you are going to make it a team sport, give all the riders in the team a medal if the leader wins one.

Doesn't seem fair that a guy is forced to give up his Olympic dream for another athlete.

domestics in an Olympic cycling team wouldnt get into the race on ranking alone

Tal you dont get pacemakers even in distance races yeah you will see athletes working together but they are all in with a shout of winning a medal
its why the WR is normally miles ahead of championship records as the WRs are set with a team of pace makers paid by the event organizers wanting to squeeze there sponsors

Totally get your points on this, but there's a difference between domestiques/pacemakers who wouldn't get into the big dance on merit and guys who meet the qualifying criteria but who are inferior to another from the same country.

[The Camel]

If you are going to make it a team sport, give all the riders in the team a medal if the leader wins one.

Doesn't seem fair that a guy is forced to give up his Olympic dream for another athlete.

There is the point that the sport gets funding based on medals (I think). Also, I would expect there are situations where each guy could be the lead. Like when Stannard went off into the distance in London 2012; he is allowed to run his race at that point.

This is bollocks too. (Not your post, the fact that sports get funding based on medals).

A talented poor kid in one sport might not get any funding because other people haven't done well in previous Olympics?

That is beyond ridiculous results orientated thinking.

The funding pot should be divided by how many participants each sport gets.

With a weighting towards sports played by the under priviledged.

[Tal]

If you are going to make it a team sport, give all the riders in the team a medal if the leader wins one.

Doesn't seem fair that a guy is forced to give up his Olympic dream for another athlete.

There is the point that the sport gets funding based on medals (I think). Also, I would expect there are situations where each guy could be the lead. Like when Stannard went off into the distance in London 2012; he is allowed to run his race at that point.

This is bollocks too. (Not your post, the fact that sports get funding based on medals).

A talented poor kid in one sport might not get any funding because other people haven't done well in previous Olympics?

That is beyond ridiculous results orientated thinking.

The funding pot should be divided by how many participants each sport gets.

With a weighting towards sports played by the under priviledged.

The way it works currently - and I appreciate this seems even sadder - some of the people competing are playing for their livelihoods.

And again we see the disparity between golf/tennis/football and judo/fencing/archery

[TightEnd]

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