intoronto Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 More countries (5) won medala in the first five olynpcics for women's hockey then men's. There is no way the Ioc replaces an actual sport with a farce like synchro skating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 More countries (5) won medala in the first five olynpcics for women's hockey then men's. There is no way the Ioc replaces an actual sport with a farce like synchro skating. Well, in fairness to synchro skating, figure skating in general is a farce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 If you take out women's hockey, you have to take out luge, speed skating, table tennis and synchro swimming too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted February 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 More countries (5) won medala in the first five olynpcics for women's hockey then men's. There is no way the Ioc replaces an actual sport with a farce like synchro skating. Nope. Men's Ice Hockey; First Five Olympics (starting from Antwerp 1920) Canada ('20, '24, '28, '32, '36) Czechoslovakia ('20) Germany ('32) Great Britain ('24, '36)* Sweden ('28) Switzerland ('28) USA ('20, '24, '32, '36) *Both teams were made up of entirely of Canadian born, and/or raised players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 lol this is what happens when you read something and take it without doing research and excuse the poor spelling. I for one can't type on my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacre Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 How about ice climbing? LOL. I remember they were supposed to have a house or demonstration or something in Sochi. Is there any way to do ice climbing or mountain climbing other than a race? These are not sports where speed should be prioritized, and I would hate to see events like these added as a time trial. I don't mountain climb very often, but there is already too much focus on summiting as soon as possible even if you have altitude sickness, IMO. Impatience kills people in these sports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Baeumer Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Is there any way to do ice climbing or mountain climbing other than a race? These are not sports where speed should be prioritized, and I would hate to see events like these added as a time trial. I don't mountain climb very often, but there is already too much focus on summiting as soon as possible even if you have altitude sickness, IMO. Impatience kills people in these sports. Yes, it is - look at Bouldering. Who climbs the highest, wins. Time doesn't matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 "Time doesn't matter" = unhappy broadcasters. Also, it has to come across well on the screens. If people climb up an icy wall/mountain, you need to have camera crew, lights etc as well. I have no idea about ice climbing competitions, but I imagine the logistics might be complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breathesgelatin Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 I don't know much about ice climbing other than they were supposed to do the demonstration in Sochi. So I googled: http://www.iceclimbingworldcup.org/rules-and-regulations.html So there are two disciplines, one based on pure speed, the other is judged as to who performs the most difficult routes. And then they choose a combined winner from the two disciplines as well. I found this article about the ice climbing demonstration at Sochi: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sochi/speed-ice-climbers-at-sochi-games-say-sport-belongs-on-the-olympic-podium-1.1699654 Anyway. I wonder how expensive it is to construct a track. I also looked up this 'ice cross' or 'Red Bull Crashed Ice' that other people mentioned. Man, I gotta say, this sport seems stupid and dangerous. It's what my husband calls the "Taco Bell-ification" of the Olympics, where you have like 5 ingredients and you just keep mixing them up different ways. Not sure I want to see this in the Olympics... Also hard to imagine the crusty ISU taking this under their wing. Anything for a buck, maybe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronze Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 1. What did I just watch 2. How is "downhill skating" a thing and I didn't know about it 3. I'm going to have nightmares about a JR Celski-style blade incident in one of these 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Baeumer Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 what about Nordic Combined Team Sprint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) Maybe if you build an ice cross venue you could also use it for a luge event ? some kind of "luge cross" ? Edited February 28, 2014 by hektor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 23 nations are competing in world cup events this year: http://msn.foxsports.com/north/story/ice-cross-downhill-competitors-hope-for-olympic-showcase-in-future-022114 That is pretty substantial for a winter event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 If they are going to mix and match stuff, I say get guns into more events. If you could somehow mix guns and ski-jumping, you'd have a really cool sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ofan Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/sports/story/1.2555543 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 How about team snowboard cross? that sounds like a complete, absolute disaster waiting to happen, so i'm in. I'd like archery biathlon. yes, Yes, YES. get on that. make that happen, hektor. anyway you can add archery or guns to ski cross while we're at it? Someone suggest they take the fighting that isn't allowed in Olympic hockey and creat the new sport of ice boxing. love it, love it. faster's original list was so boring, i'm so glad we're thinking creative in this thread. so ice wrasslin' is not going to work. ice MMA's a no go. but ice boxing isn't bad. i can see that happening. let's spitball some other great winter/summer crossovers snow sprinting (no skis, running in snow. something with snowshoes?) skii-ch volleyball (it's beach volleyball on skiis, or skates!? yes, skates would work nicely) can we get horses on skiis? horses to pull sleds? horse ski cross? no, i don't think this is taking off actually. next. thomas bach, olympic champion, fencing 1976. can we do something with that? fencing on skates, fencing on skiis? fencing halfpipe? biathlon with fencing? eh, someone riff of this for a while. handball hockey? yeah, i don't love it either. table tennis, but... wait for it, wait for it... on ice! make those chinese work for that damn gold. swimming, in very cold water (wetsuits?) wushu on ice Crashed ice will be in by 2026 I predict. this sport was such a letdown. barely any crashes, super boring course. can't we send them down the luge track? Is there any way to do ice climbing or mountain climbing other than a race? These are not sports where speed should be prioritized, and I would hate to see events like these added as a time trial. I don't mountain climb very often, but there is already too much focus on summiting as soon as possible even if you have altitude sickness, IMO. Impatience kills people in these sports. teeeeeeeeeeedious. but we already have golf... good effort people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 if you're just going to follow me around and pick fights with me i'm just going to put you on ignore. i don't need to school you--a grown ass 60 year old man--in every thread. it's really embarrassing actually and i have way better jokes to make for my growing fan base. you have nothing but your bitterness so maybe it's time i just left you to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Nobody's mentioned the obvious sport to add. Dogsledding! Bout time another species beside humans and horses could get good medals. Oh, that's right. Korea. Maybe not till 2022. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krow Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Nobody's mentioned the obvious sport to add. Dogsledding! Bout time another species beside humans and horses could get good medals. Oh, that's right. Korea. Maybe not till 2022. i love you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 Nobody's mentioned the obvious sport to add. Dogsledding! Bout time another species beside humans and horses could get good medals. Oh, that's right. Korea. Maybe not till 2022. Why not lol. I think Oslo 52 had a demonstration event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 (edited) thomas bach, olympic champion, fencing 1976. can we do something with that? fencing on skates, fencing on skiis? fencing halfpipe? biathlon with fencing? eh, someone riff of this for a while. No as awesome as you might think: Edited March 4, 2014 by Fox334 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binary Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 how about equestrian ice skating biathlon cross. appeals to every demographic of the Olympics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Dogsledding would be cool actually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 (edited) They are apparently developing a short track speed skating version of the Madison. That might actually be fairly interesting.Dito for a team sprint in long track, though I'm not sure how that would work. Edited March 5, 2014 by Fox334 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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