That's interesting. I've never heard of Sevens rugby before, but I wonder if it's the same basic principle (minus the tackling) as 7v7 American football? That's what they should be doing in the Olympics instead of this stupid flag football. 7v7 still has no tackling but is much closer to real football than flag football, which should only be played during recess.2028 too if I recall correctly, I saw somewhere LA wants it—T20 format I believe, ie 20 overs per team, which would take 3-4 hours per match. Like the rugby and football this year, will likely need to start before the official opening—and maybe be spread around the country and Territories too since I doubt there are too many ovals in/near LA.
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Yeah, same with the Sevens rugby this year. It's fine if you only want a small subset of the Union game, but strategy and tactics is a huge component which is all but missing from Sevens. Teams were able to play 2 games a day in Sevens—it's got full tackling, but none of the real physical confrontation, and a game is only 14 minutes.
@Colif great MP sketch, never saw that one before
Makes sense. A country with 1 million people beats a county with 1.001 million if they both have one gold medalist.What is he talking about?
F for Final, and F for France v Fiji.
It changes considerably every Olympics, which is why it's interesting—unlike the official one where copy-paste will take care of most of it from one Olympics to the next… just move the host nation up a few slots and you're 90% set.
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Unlike the flat tricks he does well at, the Olympic BMX is probably going to require a level of strength he's not going to have for awhile. Would be fun to track him, but probably the next time he'll be in the spotlight would be at age 16. There was a 5 year old in that competition too. Didn't know they started them that early. Of course, my kids played soccer and basketball at 5. They were not prodigies, though my daughter did win MVP at a regional soccer tournament in Atlanta when she was 12 after scoring over 20 goals across the tournament including 6 in the championship game. Then she immediately quit soccer and never played it again.
There goes the gold medal for the next 10 Olympics! [if it's in Olympics]
BMX prodigy, four, comes third in under-16 contest
Newport BMX prodigy Parker, four, comes third in under-16 competition
Four-year-old Parker, who has biked since 18 months, places third in a national u16 competition.
She had some problems during her middle school years. Was always a good kid, though.
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