New Posts For Thread: Honestly, should Swimming have events cut?https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cutMe personally... Far too many events.Views?Id prefer more medleys.Does it really matter if a sport has a lot of events??Does anyone suffer? not that i can see.its all part of the Olympic games.see no reason for anyone to be moaning about it,far more important things to moan about than the amount of events at a sporhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522677785#522677785Does it really matter if a sport has a lot of events??Does anyone suffer? not that i can see.its all part of the Olympic games.see no reason for anyone to be moaning about it,far more important things to moan about than the amount of events at a sporMon, 06 Aug 2012 06:45:14 -0500Cos you can't. Nor can you compare it to rowing nor particularly sailing. Ben Ainslie has five golds and a silver, in six consecutive Olympics. He has to do, what 10 races to win each medal. He doesn't have time to do finn class, laser class, star clhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522677599#522677599Cos you can't. Nor can you compare it to rowing nor particularly sailing. Ben Ainslie has five golds and a silver, in six consecutive Olympics. He has to do, what 10 races to win each medal. He doesn't have time to do finn class, laser class, star clMon, 06 Aug 2012 06:39:05 -0500kyle needs long lists to recover his gambling losseshello jeremy !!!https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522675227#522675227kyle needs long lists to recover his gambling losseshello jeremy !!!Mon, 06 Aug 2012 05:04:16 -0500I have enjoyed the swimming for sure. I do think however that to refer to Michael Phelps as "THE GREATEST OLYMPIAN EVER" is crazy. His medal tally , though enormous, compares nought to the likes of Sir Steve Redgrave. FIVE OLYMPIC GAMES! There are mhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522674487#522674487I have enjoyed the swimming for sure. I do think however that to refer to Michael Phelps as "THE GREATEST OLYMPIAN EVER" is crazy. His medal tally , though enormous, compares nought to the likes of Sir Steve Redgrave. FIVE OLYMPIC GAMES! There are mMon, 06 Aug 2012 04:28:54 -0500The very fact that Phelps can win so many medals is proof in itself that the events are hugely similar. I would imagine he does very similar training for 100/200 freestyle/butterfly, so that is 4 events for basically one training schedule. If you arehttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522674227#522674227The very fact that Phelps can win so many medals is proof in itself that the events are hugely similar. I would imagine he does very similar training for 100/200 freestyle/butterfly, so that is 4 events for basically one training schedule. If you areMon, 06 Aug 2012 04:12:17 -0500Thanks for the details Barney. The more I look at it, the more ridiculous it gets. It should essentially be about freestyle. Butterfly and Medleys should completely go. Good point about the distances for Breastroke and Backstroke. 100 and 400 much mohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522674193#522674193Thanks for the details Barney. The more I look at it, the more ridiculous it gets. It should essentially be about freestyle. Butterfly and Medleys should completely go. Good point about the distances for Breastroke and Backstroke. 100 and 400 much moMon, 06 Aug 2012 04:10:08 -0500There is no doubt that there are more medals to be won than in almost any of the other sports and any sport in which an individual can compete in 10 different events in a week is surely devaluing it's medals relative to say the Triathlon where therehttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522672577#522672577There is no doubt that there are more medals to be won than in almost any of the other sports and any sport in which an individual can compete in 10 different events in a week is surely devaluing it's medals relative to say the Triathlon where thereMon, 06 Aug 2012 02:06:46 -0500Leave it alone.Really enjoyed the Swimming.Does no harm that i can see.Moan moan moan!!!https://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522672387#522672387Leave it alone.Really enjoyed the Swimming.Does no harm that i can see.Moan moan moan!!!Mon, 06 Aug 2012 01:51:07 -0500how many athletics events are there? excluding marathons I count 414 throwing x2 =84 jumping x2 =87 running x2 =142 hurdles x2 =42 relays x2 =41 multi-event x2 =21 men's steeplechase =1the Olympics is all about Athletics, the other sports are great bhttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522660689#522660689how many athletics events are there? excluding marathons I count 414 throwing x2 =84 jumping x2 =87 running x2 =142 hurdles x2 =42 relays x2 =41 multi-event x2 =21 men's steeplechase =1the Olympics is all about Athletics, the other sports are great bSun, 05 Aug 2012 16:34:36 -0500We should introduce darts to the olympics and create lots of events so that we can catch US and China.501, 1001, 1501, 2001, 2501 - best of 3, best of 5, best of 9.Round the board (singles)Round the board (doubles)Round the board (trebles)The likes ohttps://community.betfair.com/commonwealthgames2010/go/thread/view/114965/29271605/honestly-should-swimming-have-events-cut?post_id=522660111#522660111We should introduce darts to the olympics and create lots of events so that we can catch US and China.501, 1001, 1501, 2001, 2501 - best of 3, best of 5, best of 9.Round the board (singles)Round the board (doubles)Round the board (trebles)The likes oSun, 05 Aug 2012 16:21:55 -0500