nitsansh Posted July 11, 2005 Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 Can someone inform me what are the changes in the program of 2008 Olympics? Any events added or dropped?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2005 The bar for legal MSG levels will be raised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eruedan Posted July 12, 2005 Report Share Posted July 12, 2005 BMX cycling has been added at the cost of the Women's 500m track time trial and the Men's 1km track time trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitsansh Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 What about shooting?? I thought it suffered a cut of 2 events... did they reverse that decision? Also, in sailing there are some changes of classes... Neal Pryde will be the sailboard for men and women and Laser Radial the singles dinghi for women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 What about shooting??I thought it suffered a cut of 2 events... did they reverse that decision? Also, in sailing there are some changes of classes... Neal Pryde will be the sailboard for men and women and Laser Radial the singles dinghi for women. i know that womens double trap shooting has been dropped from the games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted July 13, 2005 Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 BMX cycling has been added at the cost of the Women's 500m track time trial and the Men's 1km track time trial. If I'm right, Victoria, BC, Canada, will have the world championships in 2007. In it, we could see how those BMXers may perform at Beijing 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted July 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2005 Have they added any more synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchbearer AA Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 The changes from the sailing programme are planned for 2012, and not for 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted July 14, 2005 Report Share Posted July 14, 2005 BMX shouldn't be in the olympics, espeically at the expense of two traditional cycling racers. this is disgraceful, they should be taking out syncro and rhymic gymnastics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
argentak Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 BMX shouldn't be in the olympics, espeically at the expense of two traditional cycling racers. this is disgraceful, they should be taking out syncro and rhymic gymnastics BMX and other "extreme" sports are BOOMING in popularity. Europe, Asia, Oceania (more obviously Australia and New Zealand), and of course North America have many of their own parks, competition and team franchises, etc. "Traditional" cycling isn't participated in by as many people anymore, and furthermore BMX and other such sports do far more to promote the legacy for youth in sport than a velodrome does. Keeping in synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics is necessary to promote variety in sports and ensure that the number of medalling events aren't unnecessarily lumped into one discipline that doesn't match its level of popularity. Many nations compete in athletics and aquatics, so they have many medalling events. Only a few participate in badminton so they have just a handful of events, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micheal_warren Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 BMX shouldn't be in the olympics, espeically at the expense of two traditional cycling racers. this is disgraceful, they should be taking out syncro and rhymic gymnastics i dont think that it is a good idea either adding BMX for Sprint track cycling, the track cycling if definately more explosive than BMX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitsansh Posted July 15, 2005 Report Share Posted July 15, 2005 What are these BMX events like? As for sailing... the Neil Pryde and Laser Radial will definitely be Olympic classes in 2008. ISAF made that decision last November. See this: http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j19Fhou/8&format=popup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted July 16, 2005 Report Share Posted July 16, 2005 Anyone have a copy of the Atlanta 1996 closing ceremony? Why do I have a feeling that a part of that ceremony will be in Beijing 2008, when it comes to BMX here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 They should add this to Beijing 2008.... Dragon Boat Racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Here's another one... the above are 'breast cancer' women from Vancouver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ryan04 Posted August 2, 2005 Report Share Posted August 2, 2005 didn't Seoul do something like that (dragon boats) in their OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 They should add this to Beijing 2008.... Dragon Boat Racing Won't happen. Chinese Taipei, I think, will do it instead for the 2009 World Games. From what I heard, this idea really angered BOCOG and the Chinese government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 3, 2005 Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 didn't Seoul do something like that (dragon boats) in their OC Nope. I think it was the case of rowing the Olympic Flame down the Han River toward Seoul at opening day, along with the parachuting of the Olympic colors above the Olympic Stadium then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2005 didn't Seoul do something like that (dragon boats) in their OC Yes, they did. I believe it was like 2 giant Dragon Boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Well, this latest IOC article could give us some idea of possible changes to the events being contested at Beijing 2008: EB Takes Decisions On Events For Beijing 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceNarcissus Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Anyone have a copy of the Atlanta 1996 closing ceremony? Why do I have a feeling that a part of that ceremony will be in Beijing 2008, when it comes to BMX here? I thought at the Atlanta opening ceremony they had a few ramps arranged in a miniature skate part and had skateboarders, bladers, and bmxers doing synchronized tricks or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durban Sandshark Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Keeping in synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics is necessary to promote variety in sports and ensure that the number of medalling events aren't unnecessarily lumped into one discipline that doesn't match its level of popularity. And let's not forget the IOC's commitment to maintain or achieve gender equity in its Olympic sports program. Synchronized swimming may leave a lot to desired as a sport, but omitting it would leave a greater imbalance in the eyes of the IOC, especially when the medalists' nations in that sport happen to be heavy players in the Olympic program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceNarcissus Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 All I know is, I GOTTA see open water swimming. :wwww: I know it's like the first phase of a triathlon, but for it to be a medalling event itself makes me giggle uncontrollably for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I thought at the Atlanta opening ceremony they had a few ramps arranged in a miniature skate part and had skateboarders, bladers, and bmxers doing synchronized tricks or something. Ice, it was actually in the Closing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xu Wen-Ting Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 from BOCOG Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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