Other Olympic Sports--Articles and Discussion

[makam]

Apparently I can watch hours of indoor volleyball.

 

[JDB]

Christa Deguchi missed out on the Tokyo Olympics because of Judo's one per country per weight class rule. She became the first Canadian Olympic Champion today, and Canada's first gold medalist of the games.

 

[RedBirdie]

Surfing today was nuts. Storm blowing in, so massive waves for the men round 3, and then things got so dangerous that the women were postponed to tomorrow.

 

[Hatsumomo]

I'm into the aquatic sports: swimming, surfing, and diving. Though I need to catch track because a few people from my county are competing.

 

[makam]

I'm into the aquatic sports: swimming, surfing, and diving. Though I need to catch track because a few people from my county are competing.

I like that they focus on swimming for the first week and track the second. If both were running at the same time, I'd really suffer from lack of sleep.

 

[Indy]

In Tokyo I got obsessed with sport climbing, especially speed climbing. That’s toward the end of the Olympics so this kayak and canoe stuff is gonna tide me over. I just discovered there’s something called kayak cross and it it’s anything like snowboard cross in the Winter Olympics I cannot wait.

 

[Sasha]

Surfing today was nuts. Storm blowing in, so massive waves for the men round 3, and then things got so dangerous that the women were postponed to tomorrow.

Surfing is INSANE. I wonder if it's sand or a reef underneath the site? The power of the waves is crazy. Tahiti looks super pretty, though.

 

[cftmoonlight79]

I was only in Tahiti briefly, on my way to Bora Bora. Easily the most gorgeous place I have ever seen.

 

[Indy]

Surfing is INSANE. I wonder if it's sand or a reef underneath the site? The power of the waves is crazy. Tahiti looks super pretty, though.

I think it’s a reef. I read something about one of the contestants hitting their head on a reef today and needing stitches.

 

[Sasha]

I think it’s a reef. I read something about one of the contestants hitting their head on a reef today and needing stitches.

Okay, officially a terrifying sport.

 

[eem]

I think it’s a reef. I read something about one of the contestants hitting their head on a reef today and needing stitches.

Yes, they explained on the broadcast that the reef is part of the natural conditions that make perfect waves, but it’s only a couple feet deep in some places so also super dangerous. At the end of some runs you can see the reef through the water and the surfers have to quickly hop off!

 

[RedBirdie]

Yeah, the reef will ruin your life. It's what makes the waves there so great to surf, because they consistently break in the same spot. But it's crazy dangerous.

I wanna say the phrase "murder wave" was used to describe it, but I can't recall where I read that.

ETA: my husband found flights+hotel in Tahiti for crazy cheap over Christmas. Which....tempting. But then I reminded him we're already committed for the week between Christmas and new years. In Canada. Because we're crazy.

 

[makam]

Not exactly a sport, but relevant to the board's interest:

 

[gtu07]

NBC mentioned during the men's 10 m synchro that Tom Daley got back into diving because his oldest son said, "Papa, I want to see you dive." Well done, kid.

 

[Mthegymqueen]

Not exactly a sport, but relevant to the board's interest:

I love watching the Stanford men's gymnastics teams videos! They are so entertaining!

 

[RedBirdie]

I had to laugh, watching Asher losing Opposite Olympics the same day he wins real Olympic bronze.

 

[rlayt]

It’s built into him.

 

[JDB]

Sport in your 30s.

Adil Osmanov (MDA) is 24.

 

[Sasha]

Oooh, that is painfully relatable.

 

[irichluck21]

Watching beach volleyball for the Men right now and the guys are SWEATINNNNG.