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Events that rely on interpretation should be removed from the Olympics (aussie.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by trk@aussie.zone to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Driving, gymnastics, break dancing (ESPECIALLY break dancing)... Anything that can't be timed or measured or otherwise objectively decided should be removed from competition.

How do you quantify "style"? How do you ensure there is not biase from judges based on their knowledge of the competitor, be it country they are representing, or personal connections, or racial / religious opinion? How do you fairly compensate for what your personal opinion considers "worth" more when it comes to a trick or routine compared to another?

Swimming, running, jumping, throwing things a distance are all things that can be measured and ruled against a standard that every competitor uses. It's fair and it's removed from any bias.

The Olympics are supposed to be about competition between athletes and shouldn't be affected by popularity or politics, which anything with an interpretive aspect to the result will suffer from.

So yeah, remove the feels sports and limit the Olympics to reals sports.

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[–] Windex007@lemmy.world 18 points 3 months ago

The founder of the modern Olympics vision was that it be a celebration of art as well.

The society that separates its scholors from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.

The idea of some kind of "purity" in physical competition is robbing ourselves of the completeness of the human experience IMO.