Looking at it from the outside, I don't really understand why the Romanian wants the bronze now. If I knew my performance wasn't really a bronze medal performance and I was winning it due to a technicality, it wouldn't feel the same. I don't think I'd want a medal that I didn't feel like I really earned. Who knows, though,easy to say from the outside.
She'd probably get money from her country for a bronze.
The Romanian PM has already said that both gymnast will recieve the bronze prize money.
I watched men’s modern pentathlon yesterday. Not just because it included fencing!! Lol I gotta say it was fascinating. One thing I noticed was no one seemed to be super anything. Like, there was no “damn he’s fast” or “man, he is GREAT.” Which I guess is the point, as it’s kind of an all around. Like even the horse jumping, they don’t bring a horse. They re shown to a paddock or horses, get to choose ones, and get 20 minutes to warm up with their new to them horse, to compete. The guy that was leading after fencing was eliminated in the horse because his horse refused 3 jumps.
So interesting tidbit, this is the last year modern pentathlon will include horse jumping. They are replacing that even with obstacle course. Like ninja warrior obstacle course. And there is a lot to contemplate here. On the one hand, it’s hard not to say “ninja warrior obstacle course? At the Olympic?!” On the other hand, if you look at the idea of modern pentathlon, it was modeled on the skills a great early 20th century military officer would need. Running, swimming, shooting, swordsmanship, and horsemanship. And 100+ years later, yeah, ok, ninja warrior does seem more like an army obstacle course and we don’t use horses in the military anymore. So maybe it makes sense. But that logic would replace fencing with… esports?
Clearly, I’ve contemplated modern pentathlon a lot. But this event was at Versailles. And they had a bit of fencing (the main ranking event was the day before). These folks got to fight a dual at Versailles! How fucking cool is that 🤣
I am extremely late to this, but i am very much in favor of dropping the horse riding OR let them bring a horse just like the equestrians do. I don't really know why the second one isn't what they picked though. Is the strange horse thing standard at the lower levels of the sport too do you know? The format where they don't bring their own horses is a terrible one.
I tried to catch up and watch the women's individual...final, I think yesterday? (Might have been the semi? I don't remember what I clicked in peacock) Because I find the sport fascinating in general. And the second rider I had to turn it off. it's too frustrating to watch them go around with a death grip on those horse's mouths without even doing anything overtly abusive.
I watched men’s modern pentathlon yesterday. Not just because it included fencing!! Lol I gotta say it was fascinating. One thing I noticed was no one seemed to be super anything. Like, there was no “damn he’s fast” or “man, he is GREAT.” Which I guess is the point, as it’s kind of an all around. Like even the horse jumping, they don’t bring a horse. They re shown to a paddock or horses, get to choose ones, and get 20 minutes to warm up with their new to them horse, to compete. The guy that was leading after fencing was eliminated in the horse because his horse refused 3 jumps.
So interesting tidbit, this is the last year modern pentathlon will include horse jumping. They are replacing that even with obstacle course. Like ninja warrior obstacle course. And there is a lot to contemplate here. On the one hand, it’s hard not to say “ninja warrior obstacle course? At the Olympic?!” On the other hand, if you look at the idea of modern pentathlon, it was modeled on the skills a great early 20th century military officer would need. Running, swimming, shooting, swordsmanship, and horsemanship. And 100+ years later, yeah, ok, ninja warrior does seem more like an army obstacle course and we don’t use horses in the military anymore. So maybe it makes sense. But that logic would replace fencing with… esports?
Clearly, I’ve contemplated modern pentathlon a lot. But this event was at Versailles. And they had a bit of fencing (the main ranking event was the day before). These folks got to fight a dual at Versailles! How fucking cool is that 🤣
I am extremely late to this, but i am very much in favor of dropping the horse riding OR let them bring a horse just like the equestrians do. I don't really know why the second one isn't what they picked though. Is the strange horse thing standard at the lower levels of the sport too do you know? The format where they don't bring their own horses is a terrible one.
I tried to catch up and watch the women's individual...final, I think yesterday? (Might have been the semi? I don't remember what I clicked in peacock) Because I find the sport fascinating in general. And the second rider I had to turn it off. it's too frustrating to watch them go around with a death grip on those horse's mouths without even doing anything overtly abusive.
I thought the point of it was to show an officer's skill at escaping by stealing a horse behind enemy lines. So a random horse makes sense given that context.
I am extremely late to this, but i am very much in favor of dropping the horse riding OR let them bring a horse just like the equestrians do. I don't really know why the second one isn't what they picked though. Is the strange horse thing standard at the lower levels of the sport too do you know? The format where they don't bring their own horses is a terrible one.
I tried to catch up and watch the women's individual...final, I think yesterday? (Might have been the semi? I don't remember what I clicked in peacock) Because I find the sport fascinating in general. And the second rider I had to turn it off. it's too frustrating to watch them go around with a death grip on those horse's mouths without even doing anything overtly abusive.
I thought the point of it was to show an officer's skill at escaping by stealing a horse behind enemy lines. So a random horse makes sense given that context.
So it should actually be switched to a hot wiring contest???
I watched men’s modern pentathlon yesterday. Not just because it included fencing!! Lol I gotta say it was fascinating. One thing I noticed was no one seemed to be super anything. Like, there was no “damn he’s fast” or “man, he is GREAT.” Which I guess is the point, as it’s kind of an all around. Like even the horse jumping, they don’t bring a horse. They re shown to a paddock or horses, get to choose ones, and get 20 minutes to warm up with their new to them horse, to compete. The guy that was leading after fencing was eliminated in the horse because his horse refused 3 jumps.
So interesting tidbit, this is the last year modern pentathlon will include horse jumping. They are replacing that even with obstacle course. Like ninja warrior obstacle course. And there is a lot to contemplate here. On the one hand, it’s hard not to say “ninja warrior obstacle course? At the Olympic?!” On the other hand, if you look at the idea of modern pentathlon, it was modeled on the skills a great early 20th century military officer would need. Running, swimming, shooting, swordsmanship, and horsemanship. And 100+ years later, yeah, ok, ninja warrior does seem more like an army obstacle course and we don’t use horses in the military anymore. So maybe it makes sense. But that logic would replace fencing with… esports?
Clearly, I’ve contemplated modern pentathlon a lot. But this event was at Versailles. And they had a bit of fencing (the main ranking event was the day before). These folks got to fight a dual at Versailles! How fucking cool is that 🤣
I am extremely late to this, but i am very much in favor of dropping the horse riding OR let them bring a horse just like the equestrians do. I don't really know why the second one isn't what they picked though. Is the strange horse thing standard at the lower levels of the sport too do you know? The format where they don't bring their own horses is a terrible one.
I tried to catch up and watch the women's individual...final, I think yesterday? (Might have been the semi? I don't remember what I clicked in peacock) Because I find the sport fascinating in general. And the second rider I had to turn it off. it's too frustrating to watch them go around with a death grip on those horse's mouths without even doing anything overtly abusive.
I don't know anything about the pentathlon, but when I competed in intercollegiate equestrian, you showed up to whichever school was hosting the event, were assigned a horse, and had to compete on it without any warmup. It's a much different experience competing on a horse you have no history/bond/trust with than one you ride consistently and have a relationship with. It does take a lot of skill to get on any horse and ride it well. It's extremely impressive to do that at an Olympic show jumping level.
I was hoping to watch just the equestrian part of the pentathlon, but it didn't seem to have a dedicated replay on Peacock. I wasn't motivated enough to hunt for it after watching the main equestrian events.
I am extremely late to this, but i am very much in favor of dropping the horse riding OR let them bring a horse just like the equestrians do. I don't really know why the second one isn't what they picked though. Is the strange horse thing standard at the lower levels of the sport too do you know? The format where they don't bring their own horses is a terrible one.
I tried to catch up and watch the women's individual...final, I think yesterday? (Might have been the semi? I don't remember what I clicked in peacock) Because I find the sport fascinating in general. And the second rider I had to turn it off. it's too frustrating to watch them go around with a death grip on those horse's mouths without even doing anything overtly abusive.
I don't know anything about the pentathlon, but when I competed in intercollegiate equestrian, you showed up to whichever school was hosting the event, were assigned a horse, and had to compete on it without any warmup. It's a much different experience competing on a horse you have no history/bond/trust with than one you ride consistently and have a relationship with. It does take a lot of skill to get on any horse and ride it well. It's extremely impressive to do that at an Olympic show jumping level.
I was hoping to watch just the equestrian part of the pentathlon, but it didn't seem to have a dedicated replay on Peacock. I wasn't motivated enough to hunt for it after watching the main equestrian events.
Yeah, it's all just rolled in on the peacock recaps, but it was the first thing shown for the women. I am making a lot of assumptions about a sport I don't know much about besides watching it every 4 years, but it always looks to me that many of them train just enough to *probably* get around the course, but not enough to do it smoothly or comfortably because it's not a priority when they have 4 other parts of the event to train for and being really good at the jumping is only going to get you so much. But there's a living creature taking the brunt of those hard hands and bouncy seats, and that doesn't seem reasonable at this level. And then you add in th epunching incident last time, and eeeehhh, it's not a great look. Be a so-so swimmer if you like, but don't be yanking on a horse's mouth like that. And it's not all of them of course. First rider around that i watched looked pretty good, second rider looked nervous AF and was riding accordingly.
like...being a lesson horse is a not a GREAT life. I always feel bad for them, and had a special affection in my heart for the ones who would bite* because yah, I'd probably be the one who bites people TOO if I had to have a parade of people with varying skills get on me all day and be idiots. Being the equivalent of a lesson horse taking meter+ fences sure sucks a bit more.
(*My favorite lesson horse at the summer camp I went to for years as a kid was named Zebra and he would absolutely bite the rider in front of me if I let him tailgate on the fence and he was bored, and if I pinched his pits with the girth tacking up he'd try to take me out. I deserved it. I learned fast. He was super fun to ride, jumped like a dream and had beautiful lead changes with basically no work on my part and didn't have to be constantly nudged forward. He liked to go and he wasn't very patient. we were a good match because I was a dirty trail rider/barrel racer with a good seat and quiet hands, but absolutely no idea how to use my leg to keep a horse forward because my pony at home had all the go in the world.)
I don't know anything about the pentathlon, but when I competed in intercollegiate equestrian, you showed up to whichever school was hosting the event, were assigned a horse, and had to compete on it without any warmup. It's a much different experience competing on a horse you have no history/bond/trust with than one you ride consistently and have a relationship with. It does take a lot of skill to get on any horse and ride it well. It's extremely impressive to do that at an Olympic show jumping level.
I was hoping to watch just the equestrian part of the pentathlon, but it didn't seem to have a dedicated replay on Peacock. I wasn't motivated enough to hunt for it after watching the main equestrian events.
Yeah, it's all just rolled in on the peacock recaps, but it was the first thing shown for the women. I am making a lot of assumptions about a sport I don't know much about besides watching it every 4 years, but it always looks to me that many of them train just enough to *probably* get around the course, but not enough to do it smoothly or comfortably because it's not a priority when they have 4 other parts of the event to train for and being really good at the jumping is only going to get you so much. But there's a living creature taking the brunt of those hard hands and bouncy seats, and that doesn't seem reasonable at this level. And then you add in th epunching incident last time, and eeeehhh, it's not a great look. Be a so-so swimmer if you like, but don't be yanking on a horse's mouth like that. And it's not all of them of course. First rider around that i watched looked pretty good, second rider looked nervous AF and was riding accordingly.
like...being a lesson horse is a not a GREAT life. I always feel bad for them, and had a special affection in my heart for the ones who would bite* because yah, I'd probably be the one who bites people TOO if I had to have a parade of people with varying skills get on me all day and be idiots. Being the equivalent of a lesson horse taking meter+ fences sure sucks a bit more.
(*My favorite lesson horse at the summer camp I went to for years as a kid was named Zebra and he would absolutely bite the rider in front of me if I let him tailgate on the fence and he was bored, and if I pinched his pits with the girth tacking up he'd try to take me out. I deserved it. I learned fast. He was super fun to ride, jumped like a dream and had beautiful lead changes with basically no work on my part and didn't have to be constantly nudged forward. He liked to go and he wasn't very patient. we were a good match because I was a dirty trail rider/barrel racer with a good seat and quiet hands, but absolutely no idea how to use my leg to keep a horse forward because my pony at home had all the go in the world.)
I totally agree. My favorite experience from intercollegiate equestrian was when I was assigned to a mare whose previous riders were being very unfair to her. She bucked every time someone yanked on her mouth. I got on, rode her with very soft hands and won our class. She was actually a lovely little mare. She just wasn't going to put up with any bullshit.
I am extremely late to this, but i am very much in favor of dropping the horse riding OR let them bring a horse just like the equestrians do. I don't really know why the second one isn't what they picked though. Is the strange horse thing standard at the lower levels of the sport too do you know? The format where they don't bring their own horses is a terrible one.
I tried to catch up and watch the women's individual...final, I think yesterday? (Might have been the semi? I don't remember what I clicked in peacock) Because I find the sport fascinating in general. And the second rider I had to turn it off. it's too frustrating to watch them go around with a death grip on those horse's mouths without even doing anything overtly abusive.
I don't know anything about the pentathlon, but when I competed in intercollegiate equestrian, you showed up to whichever school was hosting the event, were assigned a horse, and had to compete on it without any warmup. It's a much different experience competing on a horse you have no history/bond/trust with than one you ride consistently and have a relationship with. It does take a lot of skill to get on any horse and ride it well. It's extremely impressive to do that at an Olympic show jumping level.
I was hoping to watch just the equestrian part of the pentathlon, but it didn't seem to have a dedicated replay on Peacock. I wasn't motivated enough to hunt for it after watching the main equestrian events.
If it helps, they are the first segment in the semifinals replay. I haven’t watched the finals yet. But you won’t have to search for them if you pick the semi finals. It goes horse jumping, fencing, swimming, run/shoot.
I don't know anything about the pentathlon, but when I competed in intercollegiate equestrian, you showed up to whichever school was hosting the event, were assigned a horse, and had to compete on it without any warmup. It's a much different experience competing on a horse you have no history/bond/trust with than one you ride consistently and have a relationship with. It does take a lot of skill to get on any horse and ride it well. It's extremely impressive to do that at an Olympic show jumping level.
I was hoping to watch just the equestrian part of the pentathlon, but it didn't seem to have a dedicated replay on Peacock. I wasn't motivated enough to hunt for it after watching the main equestrian events.
If it helps, they are the first segment in the semifinals replay. I haven’t watched the finals yet. But you won’t have to search for them if you pick the semi finals. It goes horse jumping, fencing, swimming, run/shoot.
I'm so sad it is over with. Such a joy for the world. We have Peacock and have been streaming and watching live, but there are some moments that I missed that I need to figure out how to find.
I'm so sad it is over with. Such a joy for the world. We have Peacock and have been streaming and watching live, but there are some moments that I missed that I need to figure out how to find.
Paralympics starts at the end of the month, though!
Post by whattheheck on Aug 12, 2024 16:40:48 GMT -5
CAS will not reconsider its decision. “USAG was notified by the CAS that its rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented.” Wow. Just wow.
CAS will not reconsider its decision. “USAG was notified by the CAS that its rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented.” Wow. Just wow.
CAS will not reconsider its decision. “USAG was notified by the CAS that its rules do not allow for an arbitral award to be reconsidered even when conclusive new evidence is presented.” Wow. Just wow.
That is so wrong and I think they're making a huge mistake. It doesnt feel like they're being very impartial which completely undermines their decisions.
Post by basilosaurus on Aug 12, 2024 22:58:49 GMT -5
Going way back to the opening ceremony. That iconic cratered moon with the rocket in its eye. It's so iconic that I had no idea its origin was a very early 20th century French film.
It wasn't until I was watching season 3 of the bear last night that played a late 90s smashing pumpkins song that I realized my association with that image was a music video of theirs from the same era. The video is an homage to that first film.
I am extremely late to this, but i am very much in favor of dropping the horse riding OR let them bring a horse just like the equestrians do. I don't really know why the second one isn't what they picked though. Is the strange horse thing standard at the lower levels of the sport too do you know? The format where they don't bring their own horses is a terrible one.
I tried to catch up and watch the women's individual...final, I think yesterday? (Might have been the semi? I don't remember what I clicked in peacock) Because I find the sport fascinating in general. And the second rider I had to turn it off. it's too frustrating to watch them go around with a death grip on those horse's mouths without even doing anything overtly abusive.
I don't know anything about the pentathlon, but when I competed in intercollegiate equestrian, you showed up to whichever school was hosting the event, were assigned a horse, and had to compete on it without any warmup. It's a much different experience competing on a horse you have no history/bond/trust with than one you ride consistently and have a relationship with. It does take a lot of skill to get on any horse and ride it well. It's extremely impressive to do that at an Olympic show jumping level.
I was hoping to watch just the equestrian part of the pentathlon, but it didn't seem to have a dedicated replay on Peacock. I wasn't motivated enough to hunt for it after watching the main equestrian events.
I admittedly didn’t watch modern pentathlon this year, but the huge difference between intercollegiate competition and the MP is that the jumps are much higher. I believe they can be 3’11” - for context the riders in 3-day eventing jump that height at the Olympic level on the horses they’ve partnered with for years. There isn’t a ton of room for error with jumps that big.
I never followed MP prior to women being added in 2000 and this was because I knew a family member of one of the competitors through horses. I believe early on a good number of competitors from US/GB/Australia/Ireland and possibly other countries were primarily riders who came up through pony club doing tetrathlon (all events minus fencing). They rode their own horse at competitions until they got to the international exchange level (but even that required them to be a certain rating level that required a riding test). I read an article during the last Olympics that some of our competitors were swimmers or runners etc. It’s almost as if the riding - definitely the most dangerous component and arguably the one one that requires the the most skill to do safely - became an afterthought. I am all for it being dropped from MP.
I have a kid who competes in tetrathlon through pony club, all the kids are solid riders, many swim competitively and then they learn to shoot and train for the run.
between the Jordan Chiles thing, people having to swim in the poop river and the racism of the Paris police to Steph Curry's family, this olympics can bite me. I also kinda think the beam was tampered with but that's me.
I don’t speak/read Romanian but GymCastic says this translates as Ana Barbosu “will take possession of the bronze medal won in the floor final” - I am not sure if she’s receiving the medal Jordan Chiles Is/was in possession of or if she is receiving a different medal. Gobsmacked.
I'm so sad it is over with. Such a joy for the world. We have Peacock and have been streaming and watching live, but there are some moments that I missed that I need to figure out how to find.
Paralympics starts at the end of the month, though!
I don’t have peacock so maybe this is a mute point, but is peacock going to do coverage of the paralympics too? I think nbc carries a few events
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
He and Snoop are a delight. I also love how Flavor Flav has gently been correcting people who get his name wrong in charming and funny ways.
I have to confess, I do not enjoy the Olympics. I am uncomfortable with the whole nationalism / patriotism aspect and personally have a hard time separating the IOC from the spirit of the games. It’s a me thing. Well, the fact that the IOC is a fucking disaster is a them thing, but I totally understand why people love the Olympics.
We did watch parts of it. I particularly like the track and field / marathon and H was amped over Steph Curry and the basketball.
And I followed along in the news on the delightful aspects (Jordan and Simone bowing to Rebecca; Sha’carri taking gold, especially after the IOC fucked her over last time; Martha joining Snoop to help him overcome his fear of horses) and the shameful aspects (Jordan being robbed of her bronze medal; the online harassment of Imane; the IOC letting a convicted rapist compete, although I’m delighted people booed the shit out of him.)
All this to say, if Snoop and Flavor become part of the Olympics every year, I might have to overcome my distaste of the IOC to start watching.
I am going to keep Peacock a few more weeks so we can watch the paralympics.
Was super impressed with Peacock this year. Very user-friendly and spoiler free.
If you scrolled down enough, the highlight clip summaries showed spoilers.
It wasn't even that far to scroll down. If the replay you wanted wasn't at the top, accessing the full list of replays put the list of highlights on the screen which usually had titles like "X wins gold"
I was on a nearly empty 6am flight from Albany, NY with Flavor Flav like 15 years ago. I was too shy to ask for a picture, but he was super friendly and funny to the airport and flight staff. He got on the plane last and said “I’m on the D list!” which was a joke because we were flying Southwest.