2012 Weve Got it

[mharky]

baseball, softball and beach volley ball can all #### ###. squash should already be in, and cross-country should be back in. no one plays rugby so that shouldn't be in, and roller blading should definetly be in, the 3rd event for the dry-triathlon

[ryeland of doom]

I hope this does not mean a growing gap in funding and status between sports that are shown for 2 weeks every 4 years and the rest of us.

More for elite running around in circles and less for us?
Great result, but I feel that there is now a perception that if you are not olympic, you are not a proper sport, and orienteering struggles as it is to throw off that outdoor activity week at school image.

I found out about the result in the French press - boy are they sore losers!

[Guest]

baseball, softball and beach volley ball can all #### ###. squash should already be in, and cross-country should be back in. no one plays rugby so that shouldn't be in, and roller blading should definetly be in, the 3rd event for the dry-triathlon

IOC have voted Baseball and Softball out.....but no new sports in.

Number of sports reduced to 26.

[mharky]

result!

Gymnastics should also be out, along with Sychronised Diving, and Diving. If you havn't gone faster, further, higher, heavier, stronger, more acurate, how can you be a winner. Might as well have poem writing.

[Kitch]

I think thats because they have a general desire to reduce the number of sports - not increase it.

btw
have you ever tried treading water, staying stationary with your leg in the air, and not breathing ?

[Guest]

have you ever tried treading water, staying stationary with your leg in the air, and not breathing ?

No, but there again standing on your head on a pair of cycle handlebars picking your nose while freewheeling downhill is also difficult - it doesn't mean its a sport worthy of the olympics

[mharky]

exactly, there are many things that are difficult. golf ball balancing for example (record is 9 on top of each other if anyone wants to get their name in print, you think its easy once you got 2, but the 3rd is a nightmare to get on)

my point was that if a 'sport' is won in the basis of peoples opinions of how good it is then how can you ever say the right person won, and it probably aint a sport, more of an active freetime hobby. roller blading and skateboarding are difficult, can you do a 360' stalefish?

[Nails]

yep

[mharky]

[ian]

Although I agree with you that sports that have judges can never be free from subjectivity should not be Olympic sports. A devils advocate may suggest that orienteering can also be a victim of subjectivity in the choice of terrain and in the planning. It is hard to find the best orienteer (the Olympic champion) though one event, and that surly the best orienteer would be the one that does consistently well over a verity of courses and terrain. (Although being a beginner I may be talking of my arse).

On a side issue as far as selecting sports to participate in the Olympics I feel that the in order for a sport to be allowed in being the Olympic champion in that sport must be the greatest achievement possible within that sport in a singular event. In this I am more referring to sports such as football rather than orienteering .

[rob f]

exactly, there are many things that are difficult. golf ball balancing for example (record is 9 on top of each other if anyone wants to get their name in print, you think its easy once you got 2, but the 3rd is a nightmare to get on)

my point was that if a 'sport' is won in the basis of peoples opinions of how good it is then how can you ever say the right person won, and it probably aint a sport, more of an active freetime hobby. roller blading and skateboarding are difficult, can you do a 360' stalefish?

100% correct. Besides, half of the gymnastics is extended dancing.
When talking about o areas, lea valley country park, hatfield town park or even battersea again. Maybe even wimbledon common.
And isn't there a 'unwritten rule' that the olympics must be the biggest event in the sport?

[FatBoy]

And isn't there a 'unwritten rule' that the olympics must be the biggest event in the sport?

What like football or tennis? I think you mean there SHOULD be such a rule, and I'm sure O would satisfy that rule if it were to be included at some stage.

[mharky]

I think you mean there SHOULD be such a rule, and I'm sure O would satisfy that rule if it were to be included at some stage.

No it wouldn't

[Guest]

And isn't there a 'unwritten rule' that the olympics must be the biggest event in the sport?

What like football or tennis? I think you mean there SHOULD be such a rule, and I'm sure O would satisfy that rule if it were to be included at some stage.

thats why the rule is unwritten

[awk]

Two years later and this from candyman

"In the lead up to London 2012 it is not likely that British Orienteering will be able to maintain current funding levels and in this climate it is not feasible to try and maintain squad sizes across the board. The Start Squad will not be the only one to suffer from reduced numbers."

Pretty much what many of us expected, but given the general exultation on this thread at getting the Olympics (Mharky and Gross excepted!) who's celebrating now? More Ooooooooow than Woooohooo!