11 August 2008

Olympic Improvements

Really, there's almost no aspect of life on earth that wouldn't be improved simply by asking my advice. For the olympics:
  • cycling: make this a stage race, put the time trial as the first stage, and thus offer 4 medals in total: individual time trial, individual overall, team overall, individual sprint (sprint points accrued as with other tours)
  • fencing: the twitchy, single-point-at-at-time blur must go, to be replaced by timed rounds (boxing-style), scoring by touches accrued
  • biathlon: add a good summer version, either mountain biking or running, with full carry of the rifle as with winter biathlon
  • modern quadrathlon: add a more relevant version of the snooty pentathlon, with 4 events: kayak (flatwater), cross-country running, archery, and shotgun (trap)
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1 comment:

  1. JustJoeP26 August 2008 at 23:59

    I Love the summer biathalon concept! 40 years form now, when there's no more petrol, and the grid's gone down, our progeny whose skilled at such an event will be the leaders of sustenance for the small village, clinging to the 40C wind swept plain.

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