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I do not know if this has been posted. JUN 26, 2017 — After the EGA in Munich - it seems 50M pistol is lost to the 2020 Olympics - it is indeed a sad day - I live in hope that the ISSF will reconsider - maybe one day when the President and secretary are replaced - new thoughts will prevail RIP Free Pistol - a true friend and great mentor of personal strength and individual growth. I shot Free Pistol in the 60s and 70s... did not qualify ever, but gave it my best effort. It is a fun, demanding and lonely sport. As above, RIP Free Pistol - it will be missed! No quarter .308/.223 | ||
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That is too bad. We will have skateboarding though. | |||
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blame canada |
Does anyone even take the olympics serious anymore? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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| Jack of All Trades, Master of Nothing  |
Follow the money. There's only so many sports that the Olympics can host. They think they can bring in more money including things like skateboarding and BMX that are more popular than some of the traditional sports. There's still rumors about compound archery being added to the Olympics. Unfortunately it's a logistics issue, for it to be added an existing sport needs to be dropped. My daughter keeps threatening to start a petition to have synchronized swimming dropped. My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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I Wanna Missile |
..and my favorite event, the Modern Pentathlon, uses laser beam pistols instead of real firearms now.
That and Rhythmic Gymnastics. I'll sign both. "I am a Soldier. I fight where I'm told and I win where I fight." GEN George S. Patton, Jr. | |||
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| Old, Slow, but Lucky!  |
So would I!!! Also don't forget "Synchronized Swimming"... I'd sign that one too. Don _______________________ Living the Dream... One Day at a Time. | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive.  |
Nope. It already jumped the shark with Curling. | |||
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Hey, hey, hey...lets take it easy on Curling, please.  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "And it's time that particularly, some of our corporations learned, that when you get in bed with government, you're going to get more than a good night's sleep." - Ronald Reagan | |||
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| Jack of All Trades, Master of Nothing |
Call me an old fart, but I want to see the traditional games in the Olympics. Sports like shooting, archery, wrestling, etc. The Olympics is their Super Bowl and they don't have much of a following. Stuff like BMX and skateboarding have outlets like the X Games. Wrestling almost got themselves eliminated from the Olympics because of their disorganization. Also my rules for what qualifies as a sport, there needs to be a objective score, time or coming across a finish line. Anything decided by judges and style points is not a sport. My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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| Jack of All Trades, Master of Nothing |
I'll watch the Danish women's curling team all day long... My daughter can deflate your daughter's soccer ball. | |||
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I agree, I find the tactical thinking required for Curling to be fascinating. It's a sport that requires Brain Power more than Muscle Power and those teams to can't learn to think 5 moves ahead are destined to fail. I've stopped counting. | |||
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| blame canada |
This sums up my opinion on the matter as well. It's why I don't take any interest in the Olympics now. Even for the few events that are left that I have an interest in...they are not broadcast or covered by whatever network won the bid to broadcast the events. What gets attention? Women in tight and little clothing doing sylistic events which show off their "abilities". I'm not calling for uniforms or and end to women's beach volleyball.... I like danish curling also... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "The trouble with our Liberal friends...is not that they're ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so." Ronald Reagan, 1964 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Arguing with some people is like playing chess with a pigeon. It doesn't matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon will just take a shit on the board, strut around knocking over all the pieces and act like it won.. and in some cases it will insult you at the same time." DevlDogs55, 2014 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.rikrlandvs.com | |||
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| Oh stewardess, I speak jive. |
Sweeping-Ice-Shuffleboard belongs on Alaskan cruises and afternoons in fjords. There's lame. And there's a thing that's 10,000x more lame, and that's Curling. Do it on vacation or in your spare time all you like, but get it out of the Olympics please. Ugh.  | |||
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| stupid beyond all belief  |
I am Pro Curling. One of the few olympic games that you can compete with a beer in your hand... and win! What man is a man that does not make the world better. -Balian of Ibelin Only boring people get bored. - Ruth Burke | |||
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| I Wanna Missile |
Curling is fascinating
So poker is a sport and gymnastics is not. Got it. "I am a Soldier. I fight where I'm told and I win where I fight." GEN George S. Patton, Jr. | |||
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delicately calloused |
Television coverage and corruption of the IOC ruined the Olympics for me decades ago. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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They don't even broadcast the shooting events here usually. We were lucky to catch some archery last time around and it was a good watch. I had to watch skeet on the internet. Shooting is just not TV friendly. They are the greatest in the world and almost never miss. There's very little visual movement on the screen. | |||
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| It's not you, it's me.  |
Well, it is sorta boring as hell to watch. All ya see is a dude standing there, and holes in the paper | |||
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That's a tall order considering artistic gymnastics and figure skating are two Olympic sports that draw some of the highest viewership, especially among females. | |||
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Telecom Ronin |
Hey now.....what other olympic sport is meant to be played drunk 10s of Canadians would have to get real jobs! | |||
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