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To run around faster than the others, pretty much the same as all the other track events.What was the actual point of the mixed relay?
Yes but it just looks silly.To run around faster than the others, pretty much the same as all the other track events.
It’s 2021. We have the Paralympics coming up next. I look forward to hearing your views on how it looks with folks with missing limbs running round the track, swimming, shooting, riding dancing hosses etc.Yes but it just looks silly.
How?Yes but it just looks silly.
I've just watched a video of a lass being 7 seconds ahead and ending up last against blokes. Just seems a waste time.How?
I'm on about the Olympics just finished, what has the Paraolympics got to do with a mixed relay, what are you saying here?It’s 2021. We have the Paralympics coming up next. I look forward to hearing your views on how it looks with folks with missing limbs running round the track, swimming, shooting, riding dancing hosses etc.
Each team has 2 male and 2 female runners. They can choose the order in which they run so that same team would likely have had a leg where their male athlete outperformed other team’s female athletes. It adds another element of unpredictability to the event and promotes inclusivity along the same lines as the Paralympics do.I've just watched a video of a lass being 7 seconds ahead and ending up last against blokes. Just seems a waste time.
I'm on about the Olympics just finished, what has the Paraolympics got to do with a mixed relay, what are you saying here?
Chose wrong strategy paid price.I've just watched a video of a lass being 7 seconds ahead and ending up last against blokes. Just seems a waste time.
I'm on about the Olympics just finished, what has the Paraolympics got to do with a mixed relay, what are you saying here?
Just seems daft to me, far too many events going on.Each team has 2 male and 2 female runners. They can choose the order in which they run so that same team would likely have had a leg where their male athlete outperformed other team’s female athletes. It adds another element of unpredictability to the event and promotes inclusivity along the same lines as the Paralympics do.
It won’t be long before we’ll see races between athletes with prosthetics competing against athletes with a full complement of limbs.
Another valuable thread contribution from 8 cans…Just seems daft to me, far too many events going on.
I for one am shocked that that said poster is pissing and moaning.Another valuable thread contribution from 8 cans…
Enjoyed the mixed Tri, swimming and relays.
Enjoyed the mixed Tri, swimming and relays.
There was one race in the heats where one team ran a female on the final leg whilst the rest all ran males. It was pretty much as he described, she started off way ahead then one by one the rest of the field closed her down and overtook her. It was intriguing to see it play out rather than silly, I thought, but I guess it’s down to individual interpretation.They were all generally good. The only one that didn't quite work was the mixed 4x400 track race and that was largely down to scheduling meaning a lot of teams didn't pick their strongest athletes. Tactically, everyone in the final ran a man on leg 1, women on legs 2 and 3 and a man on leg 4 so this clearly wasn't what the complainy poster above watched.
There'll be more mixed events in future - I believe a mixed synchro diving event is going to happen in 2024.
There was one race in the heats where one team ran a female on the final leg whilst the rest all ran males. It was pretty much as he described, she started off way ahead then one by one the rest of the field closed her down and overtook her. It was intriguing to see it play out rather than silly, I thought, but I guess it’s down to individual interpretation.
Must be some rational behind it.. how much did archery get before.. it might have been 1.99 million so a hundred k takes them over..Athletics funding will be cut by about £1M in the run-up to the Paris Olympics.
Yet despite us never actually winning a medal in the sport, Archery will now receive over £2M in funding.
What a strange decision.
What was the actual point of the mixed relay?
The the sprint triathlon was one of the highligths for meActually, the mixed relays have been an interesting addition. It adds a tactical dimension - do you start with the men and hope to open up a big lead or finish with them?