Brisbane Olympics: Party like it's 2032

[Bob]

Those sports are often entered into later and they go scouting for good sprinters. You don’t need to train them as a child. Here the army is quite involved in bobsled.

 

[MaryClare]

I know. But that’s part of the issue re popularity. A child who watches gymnastics at the Olympics can give the sport a try and their interest in the sport will grow. A child to watched the bob sledding at the Olympics and thinks it looks fun will likely never be able to try it and won’t even be able to watch for another 4 years.

 

[makam]

There is a world cup circuit, but watching it takes effort. Ski jump is another one that is hard to watch, hard to find training, and hardest of all to have the physical body type required to be successful. You aren’t getting into that one unless you live next door to the hill or have a parent who did it or pushing you into it.

But even popular events like short track speed skating disappear off the tv in the us apart from the olympics. Or are shown on such an obscure channel as to be disappeared.

The barriers to entry for summer sports are definitely lower.

 

[JDB]

Sliding sports are fairly TV friendly because cameras catch entire runs. While in-person spectators only see a part of each run. Sliding sports in the USA mitigate access problems with inclusive recruiting and Spring/Summer training facilities.

In Brisbane related news, the airport expansion is scheduled for completion in time for the Olympics.

https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1130423/brisbane-airport-expansion-2032-olympics