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On August 25 2008 06:21 Servolisk wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2008 06:09 SonuvBob wrote:On August 25 2008 05:43 mensrea wrote:
EDIT: If the absence of "turns" somehow validates the 50m free, then we need to have a 25m free as well. Sure would be easy to retro-fit the pools too - just float a plastic redline at the half-way point and blanket the finish line with Omega sensors. Pretty ridiculous, I know. But, so is the 50m free in the Olympics. What? Not having the turn is no reason to justify a swimming event ~-~ I would agree with mensrea about the 50m being unworthy of the Olympics if there wasn't much more unworthy events, like handball. 
Ugh. I tried watching handball, but it's just so terrible.
There's still worse things like equestrian dressage. What the fuck.
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lol wtf guys, Handball rocks.
It's one of the most popular team sports after soccer in Europe.
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On August 25 2008 07:11 SnowFantasy wrote:
Guys blackstar is just upset that phelps got more golds than his entire country.
'We' got way too many in judo and rowing just because they have so many different disciplines/weigh classes.
This comment is of bannable quality imo. I never attacked Phelps. I saw this title a long time ago and thought 'stupid thread, pointless to even read it'. But then it kept being discussed and high on this board. So I read some stuff on the final page and someone said something about how many medals per sport. So I commented in agreement.
I'm not from the US. Don't project your nationalism on me.
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I wouldn't say it's 'popular' in Europe.. sports like tennis, athletics, swimming, biking are way more popular, but then again those aren't team sports..
After soccer all other team sports are all on the same rank I think... Volleyball, Beach volleyball, Handball, Waterpolo, (field) Hockey, baseball... Here in the Netherlands I'd say Hockey & Volleyball are the most popular after Soccer. I think volleyball is the only sport that actually gets some coverage on tv every now and then.
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for some reason i think of handball as a ball being hit against a wall
i dont know if this is just a new york thing
but it seems americans just love to go against everyone else
we call football soccer
and instead of using the metric system, we use the english system, which even the english dont use
and we have to learn the metric system anyway for science -_-
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Well the Netherlands have never been good in Handball, at least not in the last decades.
Overall Handball's definitely more popular than the other team sports you mentioned.
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ya I know handball is pretty big in the southern parts of europe at least for sure...probably 2nd overall. Maybe basketball. And in Scandinavia it's definately ice hockey.
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Yeah I'd say 2nd place is between Handball and ice hockey. My guess would be ice hockey's slightly more popular, but I'm not sure.
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On August 25 2008 05:43 mensrea wrote:Show nested quote +On August 25 2008 02:34 SonuvBob wrote:
A 50m swim actually is pretty different since there's no turn involved (which is where Phelps is strongest afaik). I have no idea who you're responding to though. Fair point, but it does not change my opinion. At some point, you have to ask whether a particular event is truly worthy of the attention of nations and world class athletes. Swimmers in the 50 free take perhaps 2 or 3 breaths during the swim. It is a spectacle for people looking to gawk at something freakish. It is not worthy of the Olympics. EDIT: If the absence of "turns" somehow validates the 50m free, then we need to have a 25m free as well. Sure would be easy to retro-fit the pools too - just float a plastic redline at the half-way point and blanket the finish line with Omega sensors. Pretty ridiculous, I know. But, so is the 50m free in the Olympics.
I don't see how the 25 meter argument holds any weight. The 50 meter was simply changing the race. i.e it lacks a turn. The 25 meter would simply be shortening to shorten.
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