Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games

ros_b said:
There's certainly skill in controlling the horse in the equestrian events, but then - what about motor racing? There's loads of skill in that. Should that be an Olympic sport?

And on the subject of equestrian - it's the only sport where men and women compete together, which I always found interesting. There is undoubtedly skill involved, but the gender-neutrality implies there isn't much strength involved. So by that measure - why not esports? How about chess?

I watched some shooting and archery this morning (I couldn't get into the shooting but I found the archery quite exciting) and wondered why men and women can't compete together. There doesn't seem much strength involved. I mean sure, I couldn't control one of those bows, so you do need arm strength, but the women seem to hit the high numbers as consistently as the men, so one assumes the strength *differental* is not key.
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It's the same as with chess, the total number of women competing are way less than the men, so as a result the women don't do as well when playing vs men (for example the best woman might be as good as the best man, but the #2 woman is only ranked vs #10 man etc).

I quite like archery as well, it's crazy how accurate they are.
 
Chad swimming now :)

... And he's 6th. Didn't make it through to the SF.
 
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Just watched the swimming 4x mixed relay. Always fun (and sometimes funny) to watch. In swimming and athletics
 
wbot said:
Chad swimming now :)

... And he's 6th. Didn't make it through to the SF.
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Yeah he looked out of form the whole Olympics, saw him competing in the Swimming League last year and he was on fire maybe he just didn't peak at the right time... Now I have to get up early tomorrow to watch Tatjana
 
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