New Posts For Thread: Olympic sports with to many medalshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medalsSwimming - Swim properly should just be the quickest so scrap backstroke, butterfly and all the rest of themRowing - Jeez 1 person, 2 people teams, 4 and 8 then sometimes with a cox and sometimes without. Could easy cut the number in half, if not morThe sprint, team sprint and keirin are basically the same event. Get rid of the latter two and the omnium but bring back the madison or points racehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549653689#549653689The sprint, team sprint and keirin are basically the same event. Get rid of the latter two and the omnium but bring back the madison or points raceSun, 14 Aug 2016 06:17:36 -0500agree with mecca the kiran with the hairdryer plodding round for 3.5 laps is an absolute joke,why not just make it a 4 lap race without the hairdryer 2 laps to get their speed up and a 2 lap sprintmost annoying part of the olympics so far taking overhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549653437#549653437agree with mecca the kiran with the hairdryer plodding round for 3.5 laps is an absolute joke,why not just make it a 4 lap race without the hairdryer 2 laps to get their speed up and a 2 lap sprintmost annoying part of the olympics so far taking overSun, 14 Aug 2016 05:36:53 -0500Totally agree, maleu and others.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549649879#549649879Totally agree, maleu and others.Sat, 13 Aug 2016 18:55:24 -0500all the walk events are a joke. no one's gonna tell me it isn't running slowlyhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549649813#549649813all the walk events are a joke. no one's gonna tell me it isn't running slowlySat, 13 Aug 2016 18:46:10 -0500Gymnastics - All round group then all round individual then individual, talk about milking ithttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549649023#549649023Gymnastics - All round group then all round individual then individual, talk about milking itSat, 13 Aug 2016 17:34:53 -0500anything involving animals can gohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549648235#549648235anything involving animals can goSat, 13 Aug 2016 16:29:26 -0500I think they have to have so much swimming and cycling to justify the cost of building the venues.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549648233#549648233I think they have to have so much swimming and cycling to justify the cost of building the venues.Sat, 13 Aug 2016 16:29:21 -0500It's a good point about the swimming strokes; there is no running backwards or skipping in athletics (although there is walking, which is a good walk spoiled likg golf)https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549648209#549648209It's a good point about the swimming strokes; there is no running backwards or skipping in athletics (although there is walking, which is a good walk spoiled likg golf)Sat, 13 Aug 2016 16:27:00 -0500Anything with weight categories. Who cares how much a small person can lift if the big person can lift him and the weight he is struggling with?At most a large, medium and small for boxing, judo, weightlifting etc.Either that or introduce short-pershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549648147#549648147Anything with weight categories. Who cares how much a small person can lift if the big person can lift him and the weight he is struggling with?At most a large, medium and small for boxing, judo, weightlifting etc.Either that or introduce short-persSat, 13 Aug 2016 16:23:08 -0500This one against one bike sprinting is ridiculoushttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30724259/olympic-sports-with-to-many-medals?post_id=549647753#549647753This one against one bike sprinting is ridiculousSat, 13 Aug 2016 15:51:18 -0500