Haha brilliant!
Now that it’s all wrapping up I have to say how much of a lifeline it has been for me. I’m not really a big sport fan, but the olympics is something that I can really get into. I love the new unity that most of the athletes are displaying, that for me is from our inspiring youth that have a very global outlook. I admire how gutsy the competitors are for putting themselves in such an extreme situation and the ultimate emotional gamble of competition in the games.
I have been emotional more than once, learned words like gamjong and omnium. I will miss it as my main source of stimulation in the lockdown. Bring on the winter olympics.
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Knitting 
hardly speed knitting?
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Fine words! Fully agree.
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Tom Daley and his needles.
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a lot of these sports where wealth is a barrier to entry really annoy me. I’m sure these horse-riders are quite good but if half the country has never even rode one then how can you be sure these competitors really are the best?
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That’s like something you would see here at the Travelers Olympics in Ratkeale Co. Limerick
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I just saw pictures of that.
. It works for him so why not…
Some of these sports will end up by the wayside I think…
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He likes to broadcast it bless him
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It’s interesting how they negotiate them in and out. eg Karate is out for 2024 while breakdancing (breaking) is in.
Modern Pentathlon apparently only used to be entered by actual cavalry officers. Not entirely sure what it’s doing there now.
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Was speaking to my friend who is Danish and their direct translation for the polevault is stick jump. Simple language is Danish. : )
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