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Posted by Capitalizt on Aug-17-2008 21:23:

Is racewalking a joke?

seriously...why do they allow crap like this into the olympics? It's the stupidest thing I've ever seen.

Posted by Rikard on Aug-17-2008 21:27:

Haha, they look like they're about to shit themselves

Posted by nefardec on Aug-17-2008 21:31:

it would be funny if some dude just broke into a run and crushed them all

i bet these people have massive chips on their shoulders and are tough to deal with

Posted by tortoise on Aug-17-2008 21:45:

i was in a 1/2 marathon on my base and there is this guy who is a pro walker. he racewalked the marathon and got 5th out of 40.

Posted by punjabi on Aug-17-2008 21:59:

quote:
Originally posted by tortoise
pro walker

Posted by The17sss on Aug-17-2008 22:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Rikard
Haha, they look like they're about to shit themselves

HAHAHA i was thinking the same thing. What a stupid event. I feel the same about curling and ping pong. Those are hobbies, not sports.

Posted by phyrrus on Aug-17-2008 22:24:

almost as good as...

olympic tramampoline!!!!

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on Aug-17-2008 22:28:

quote:
Originally posted by tortoise
i was in a 1/2 marathon on my base and there is this guy who is a pro walker. he racewalked the marathon and got 5th out of 40.

Then there must be 35 really fat and unfit men on your base.

Posted by jupiterone on Aug-17-2008 22:39:

know what's even dumber? baseball as an olympic sport

Posted by Jeremy H on Aug-17-2008 22:45:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
Then there must be 35 really fat and unfit men on your base.

lol. I'm actually impressed by their speed. They cover each km in about 4min Ridiculous sport though.

Posted by bas on Aug-17-2008 22:46:

At what point do they decide that they're jogging and not speed walking?

Posted by Boomer187 on Aug-17-2008 22:48:

they must always have at least 1 foot on the ground.

I saw a judge give a walker a yellow card for lifting both up.

Posted by bas on Aug-17-2008 23:00:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
they must always have at least 1 foot on the ground.

I saw a judge give a walker a yellow card for lifting both up.

Lifting both feet up would be a jump.

Posted by pkcRAISTLIN on Aug-17-2008 23:07:

its actually a pretty demanding event. stupid, granted. but demanding all the same.

Posted by Cloudburst on Aug-17-2008 23:15:

quote:
Originally posted by The17sss
HAHAHA i was thinking the same thing. What a stupid event. I feel the same about curling and ping pong. Those are hobbies, not sports.

I would like to see you walk that long at that speed.

Posted by Boomer187 on Aug-17-2008 23:24:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
Lifting both feet up would be a jump.

then I guess jogging and running can be defined as a series of jumps

Posted by Ian on Aug-18-2008 09:36:

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
its actually a pretty demanding event. stupid, granted. but demanding all the same.

yeah, it takes a lot of training, albeit for something that looks really silly.

Pointless olympic sports imo include

the horse ones. sure, being a jockey takes skill but you could have a shit jockey on an awesome horse or vice versa. Plus i really hate the horse-type posh ****s.

Baseball - seriously? only america, japan & latin-american countries play it i think?

football. Awesome sport but why the fuck would we want to enter as 'great britain' when most of the 11 would be english anyway. In previous years, 10 Englishmen + Ryan Giggs. Now he's too old to be useful I struggle to find a player who'd get into the side from the welsh, the scottish or northern ireland. Plus add in that it's under 23s and you may as well just hold an under 21 world cup instead and get more effort put into it.

Posted by Trance Nutter on Aug-18-2008 11:57:

Why is walking stupid but running ok?

They're just different disclipines.

*not a particular fan of walking, just not getting the hate*

Posted by Domesticated on Aug-18-2008 12:00:

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Originally posted by Trance Nutter
Why is walking stupid but running ok?

They're just different disclipines.

...because it's basically about who can cheat the best.

I have huge admiration for walkers; over any distance further than about 5 or 10km, these people can hammer along faster than most people can run.

Walkers are incredibly fit and brilliant athletes, but like gymnastics, diving and any other sports which include any significant level of objectivity (and thus bias), walking is fundamentally flawed in my eyes.

Posted by StanVoid on Aug-18-2008 13:50:

ppl always tell me i walk too fast...

Posted by Moongoose on Aug-18-2008 13:53:

quote:
Originally posted by jupiterone
know what's even dumber? baseball as a sport

Fixed.

Posted by elFreak on Aug-18-2008 14:08:

ballroom dancing.

Posted by bigsnail on Aug-18-2008 14:15:

old ppl that "race walk" around the mall early in the morning scare me.

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Aug-18-2008 14:47:

In 2012 Bowling is going to be entered as an introductory sport.

Other useless sports - any that are dominated by black people...Canada's black people suck at sports so we get no medals.

Posted by bigsnail on Aug-18-2008 14:50:

im suprised "billiards" isnt an olympic sport. that could go on the same day as bowling lol

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