ard72 28 Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 $198 a ticket per seat (irrespective of age) per session is just ridiculous and they wonder why people ain't buying them Grossly overpriced Should be no more than $98 for adults - $50 for kids and then they would fill it every night Link to post Share on other sites
Lord David 225 Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 $198 a ticket per seat (irrespective of age) per session is just ridiculous and they wonder why people ain't buying themGrossly overpriced Should be no more than $98 for adults - $50 for kids and then they would fill it every night It's $198 AUD for the Finals ($58 for heats), in A reserve, $98 for B ($38 for heats) and $50 for restricted view C ($20 for heats). A family of four is $150 for the finals ($60 for heats) with each additional child (max of 3) $37.50 ($15 for heats). The prices aren't that bad IMO. Link to post Share on other sites
ard72 28 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 The B reserve have nearly sold out and the Family Ticket allocations have all sold out, just left with the $198 overpriced stuff (which are a majority of the seats) which nobody is touching The heats in morning they have been forced to giveaway to school children at $5 ticket now just to fill the seats Grossly overpriced and botched ticket system they produced for this event Link to post Share on other sites
Olympian2004 511 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 The B reserve have nearly sold out and the Family Ticket allocations have all sold out, just left with the $198 overpriced stuff (which are a majority of the seats) which nobody is touchingThe heats in morning they have been forced to giveaway to school children at $5 ticket now just to fill the seats Grossly overpriced and botched ticket system they produced for this event Up to $198 for just one ticket? That's too much indeed. Maybe the organisers thought that the Aussies are so crazy about swimming that they'd be willing to pay every price. I very much hope that they reduce the prices as soon as the championships have started and the first events will have suffered a lack of public attention. It would be very sad if the venues would be empty in Australia of all places. It's alarming when you see how many seats in the Rod Laver Arena belong to that overpriced category A: Link to post Share on other sites
dysan1 79 Posted March 17, 2007 Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 $200 to watch swimming???? are they mad??? with the F1 on they will be lucky to have people on sunday Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2007 Well, they are not wasting time getting the event going. First, on the official website's front page, they have a poll considering the name of the host venue itself. Would you want the venue have its name changed from its current name (Rod Laver) to SUSIE O'NEILL? Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 First 2 final results of the overall event. Women's 5km OPEN WATER: 1. Larisa Ilchenko (Russia) -> 1:00:41.3 2. Ekaterina Seliverstova (Russia) -> 1:00:43.6 3. Kate Brookes-Peterson (Australia) -> 1:00:47.6 Top Canadian: Caroline Murray placed in 24th place, with the time of 1:08:07.8 Men's 5km OPEN WATER: 1. Thomas Lurz (Germany) -> 56:49.6 2. Evgeny Drattsev (Russia) -> 56:50.7 3. Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) -> 56:56.6 Top Canadian: Jarrod Ballem placed in 16th place, with the time of 57:38.0 Link to post Share on other sites
Fox334 93 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 It seams that Russia dominates open water swimming... Its gonna be interesting to see how the open water 10km (a new event in Beijing) will work out. Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 One result. (Women's) Free Routine Combination Synchonized Swimming: 1. Russia 2. Japan 3. USA Canada did not have a team in this event. Link to post Share on other sites
Fox334 93 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Some results in the diving competition: Men's 3m synchronized diving 1. China 2. Canada 3. Germany Women's 10m synchronized diving 1. China 2.Australia 3. Germany Canada finished forth. Canada, China (host) and Germany qualify for both the 10m women's synchro and the men's 3m synchro competition at the Beijing Olympics, while Australia qualified for the Women's 10m and the USA qualified for the Men's 3m. Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Well, host Australia gets its first medal with potentially many more to come. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1902 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Well, host Australia gets its first medal with potentially many more to come. Actually, our first was the bronze in the womens 5km open water event. Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Actually, our first was the bronze in the womens 5km open water event. Oh, man. I got to read my own posts, before making stupid posts like that. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1902 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Oh, man. I got to read my own posts, before making stupid posts like that. No worries! Anyway, the current medal tally stands at: G S B T 1 RUS 3 2 0 5 2 CHN 2 0 0 2 3 GER 1 0 2 3 _4 JPN 0 1 1 2 _4 AUS 0 1 1 2 _6 CAN 0 1 0 1 _6 ESP 0 1 0 1 _8 GRE 0 0 1 1 _8 USA 0 0 1 1 Total 6 6 6 18 Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 What's the "OPen Water" category? Without a Roof? Then all of the events in Athens were "OPen Water." All Gay swimmers? But there are the Gay Games. So, why double up? Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1902 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 What's the "OPen Water" category? Without a Roof? Then all of the events in Athens were "OPen Water." All Gay swimmers? But there are the Gay Games. So, why double up? They're long distance swimming events in "open water" _ rivers, lakes, the sea. The acquatic equivalent of a marathon. Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 They're long distance swimming events in "open water" _ rivers, lakes, the sea. The acquatic equivalent of a marathon. So that really makes the Triathlon kinda redundant. I don't understand why they are so hot to remove the Pentathlon (OK, so allow women in it) and stick with the Triathlon? I mean I like the horses better than the bikes!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Well, open water events are not currently in the Olympic Games, right? If that is the case, then it could be a matter of time before this does happen. When you have the the cycling and running part of the triathlon event having "separate" events of their own, then it would almost be logical to have the swimming part be a separate event on its own. In fact, if I read my history right, one of the Canadian women tri-athletes that qualified for Sydney 2000, she qualified for one of the long-distance track events as well, even though she wasn't even trying to do that. Just imagine, she qualified for that other event while those Canadian athletes that specialized in that every event ALL DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR IT AT ALL! I don't know if this is right, but this turn of events had to make heads roll in Athletics Canada. Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1902 Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Well, open water events are not currently in the Olympic Games, right? If that is the case, then it could be a matter of time before this does happen. Actually, the events make their first Olympic appearance at Beijing next year. Link to post Share on other sites
baron-pierreIV 1700 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Open water? So, how will Brazil handle that in the future? Surely, no such Olympic event in the Amazon. Unless you get extra points!! Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Now, the water polo matches have started. Also, the technical part of the solo synchronize swimming event was completed and this is the result, before the free routine. 1. Natalia Ischenko (Russia) -> 99 points 2. Gemma Mengual Civil (Spain) -> 98 points 3. Saho Harada (Japan) -> 96.833 points A final result and guess what? Try looking at one of my previous posts. Women's 10km OPEN WATER: 1. Larisa Ilchenko (Russia) -> 2:03:57.9 2. Cassandra Patten (Great Britain) -> 2:03:58.9 3. Kate Brookes-Peterson (Australia) -> 2:03:59.5 Top Canadian: Caroline Murray placed 30th with the time of 2:19:22.3 Link to post Share on other sites
Fox334 93 Posted March 20, 2007 Report Share Posted March 20, 2007 Actually, the events make their first Olympic appearance at Beijing next year. The men's and women's 10km event to be more precise. And Baron, I have already ran a Triathlon and I can tell you its NOTHING like doing Track and Field, Swimming or Bicycle separetly. Link to post Share on other sites
Guardian 22 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 The technical part of the duet synchronized swimming competition has been completed, with the free routine section to go. 1. Russia (Anastasia Davydova and Anastasia Ermakova) -> 98.333 points 2. Spain (Gemma Mengual Civil and Paola Tirados Sanchez) -> 97.500 points 3. Japan (Saho Harada and Emiko Suzuki) -> 97.167 points Link to post Share on other sites
Westfale 32 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Members of the German team are using the words "farce" or "joke" and "a disgrace for a WCh" to describe the Open Water competitions. Are they just disappointed, because they dont meet the expectations or are they not alone with their claims? What do you know? Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Rols 1902 Posted March 21, 2007 Report Share Posted March 21, 2007 Members of the German team are using the words "farce" or "joke" and "a disgrace for a WCh" to describe the Open Water competitions. Are they just disappointed, because they dont meet the expectations or are they not alone with their claims? What do you know? Are they talking about the jellyfish? _ it has been a huge problem, apparently. I would not have thought they would be a problem at this time of year, especially as far south as Melbourne, but there's no denying they've been a negative for the open water comp. Link to post Share on other sites
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