The discus just looks harder to aim.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Aug 26, 2008 11:42:34 am PDT #5516 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
sarameg - Aug 26, 2008 11:45:02 am PDT #5517 of 10003
Rock-throwing is an early survival skill!
Men's and women's - same distance.
I put the modifier in the wrong place (I thought it! I swear!). Men's racewalk. Women's is only 20km, according to wikipedia.
juliana - Aug 26, 2008 11:50:43 am PDT #5518 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
Men's racewalk. Women's is only 20km, according to wikipedia.
aaaaaaah.
Also, WTF? Apparently, women can't walk that long?
amych - Aug 26, 2008 11:51:32 am PDT #5519 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Now, don't go dissing M. Coubertin!
I'd only ever do it with the greatest of affection - because otherwise he'd shoot me, stab me, and run me over with his horse. All at once. (And of course because I'm pathetically dependent on one of those other 19th-century upper-class euro sports.)
megan walker - Aug 26, 2008 11:54:00 am PDT #5520 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Men's racewalk. Women's is only 20km, according to wikipedia.
They both have a 20K, but men also have a 50K.
So, which of the following categories would be included/not included in the survival Olympics?
Archery
Athletics
Baseball
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Canoe/Kayak
Cycling-Mtn Bike
Cycling-Road
Cycling-Track
Cycling-BMX
Diving
Equestrian
Football (aka Soccer)
Fencing
Artistic Gymnastics
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Trampoline
Handball
Field Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Swimming
Synchro Swimming
Tennis
Taekwondo
Triathlon
Table Tennis
Volleyball
Weightlifting
Water Polo
Wrestling
Connie Neil - Aug 26, 2008 11:54:17 am PDT #5521 of 10003
brillig
Hubby loves biathlon, he's all up with the Nordic types with rifles.
tommyrot - Aug 26, 2008 12:01:09 pm PDT #5522 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Table Tennis could be a good survival skill, if you filled the ping pong balls with gasoline and stuffed rags into holes....
Jesse - Aug 26, 2008 12:02:08 pm PDT #5523 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Clearly synchronized swimming was born of necessity.
sumi - Aug 26, 2008 12:02:35 pm PDT #5524 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Archery - yes
Athletics - for fitness? Throwing stuff? Vaulting over ditches?
Baseball - No
Badminton - no
Basketball - no
Beach Volleyball - no
Boxing - yes
Canoe/Kayak - yes
Cycling-Mtn Bike - yes
Cycling-Road - yes (maybe)
Cycling-Track - no
Cycling-BMX- yes
Diving - maybe
Equestrian - Eventing - possibly (see pentathlon - origins are similar)
Football (aka Soccer)
Fencing - yes
Artistic Gymnastics - no
Rhythmic Gymnastics - no
Trampoline - no
Handball - no
Field Hockey - hockey stick can be a useful weapon.
Judo - yes
Modern Pentathlon - sure
Rowing - maybe
Sailing - maybe
Shooting - yes
Softball - no
Swimming - yes
Synchro Swimming to distract the enemy?
Tennis - no
Taekwondo - yes
Triathlon - yes
Table Tennis - no
Volleyball - no
Weightlifting - no
Water Polo - no
Wrestling - maybe
tommyrot - Aug 26, 2008 12:02:41 pm PDT #5525 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Clearly synchronized swimming was born of necessity.
It was useful to confuse predators....