OLYMPICS 2020 Tokyo Olympics

[Financeguy]

One thing that I find interesting is that when the Olympics are on everyone is super keen to watch the athletics, etc. but then it hibernates for 4 yrs.

Even when the commonwealth games are on people will watch it... because we like to watch the Aussies compete and winning

So why is there barely any coverage of the world championships for the respective sports outside of those major events??

I think in Aust they might be aired on Bein Sports or Eurosport??... but I recall a while back now they had the swimming qualifications on for either Olympics or Worlds and I was watching them on primetime.... it had the swimmers in there with their club caps on so you could see who were the qlders, etc.

I feel that it's one of those things that with a little bit of advertising you could get decent ratings out of it.

Who doesnt like watching a bit of long jump, discuss, swimming, etc.

The obvious answer would be that the various world champs are held at different times all over the world and in different time zones, but it just seems odd to me that there is zero coverage outside of Olympics and commonwealth games even though I'm guessing there's decent interest in what's happening

I’ve thought the same thing over the last 2 weeks but I guess other than the Olympics when are you going to have the best in the world compete against each other to make the results carry meaning?

A super league of Aussie athletics is an interesting concept cheering on states or clubs but would tv and advertisers flock to something like that when the majority of the athletes are lucky to be in the top 100 in the world?

It also makes the Olympics more magical in that it is such a unique spectacle

 

[BroncsFan]

I’ve thought the same thing over the last 2 weeks but I guess other than the Olympics when are you going to have the best in the world compete against each other to make the results carry meaning?

A super league of Aussie athletics is an interesting concept cheering on states or clubs but would tv and advertisers flock to something like that when the majority of the athletes are lucky to be in the top 100 in the world?

It also makes the Olympics more magical in that it is such a unique spectacle

I think when it's Aussie v Aussie in a national athletics carnival type environment then it would build intrigue.

They may not be the top 100 in the world but when it comes to Australia or Oceania we don't really have any idea where we people stand, given Olympics only happen once every 4 years, we just want to cheer on the Aussies or Qld'ers.

We watch the commonwealth games because we know the Aussies are going to win a lot of events... doesn't bother us that they're not top 100.

I remember when they used to have the swimming trials on it was Qld vs NSW/Vic/SA/WA/ACT/NT/Tas... there's not too many opportunities to literally capture the nation on a sporting level if advertised correctly... and it doesn't need to be every sport.

Just get swimming on prime time, track and field through the day or something like that... you don't need to chuck fencing, judo, etc. in there or even tennis, etc. that already have big events around them.

Having to run competitions through the middle of the day isn't ideal, but a lot of workplaces will just chuck the Olympics, etc. on the common tv during the day so it's still getting eyeballs.

I think it's something that the Aust Institute of Sport should think about trying to get off the ground given Brisbane have won the Olympics for 2032.

They should be looking to build up the quality of our athletes heading into the 2032 games now and getting them on the tv creates a bit of interest for the generations coming through.

 

[Sproj]

Aussie in 3rd in the javelin. Top 3 go through to the medal round after the third throw.

 

[Sproj]

They are all going to find it hard to put the Chinese girl's first throw.

 

[Super Freak]

They are all going to find it hard to put the Chinese girl's first throw.

Kelsey-Lee is capable of it. She threw further to become world champ.

 

[BroncsFan]

Kelsey-Lee is capable of it. She threw further to become world champ.

It looks pretty open at the moment. The Chinese thrower is the only one getting any sort of distance... the others appear to be behind what they were doing in the qualifiers/heats

 

[Sproj]

Barber almost guaranteed a medal, three throws left, it will be a massive effort to beat the China throw.

They need to go bigger.

 

[Sproj]

MacKenzie Little looks a bit like Scarlett Johanssen you know.

 

[Sproj]

Turkey has gone big there.

 

[Sproj]

HOLD THE PHONE!

 

[Sproj]

It's bigger but not big enough.

 

[BroncsFan]

It's bigger but not big enough.

That might have been her big effort throw that one.

Looks like fatigue starts to take affect in this'

That throw looked like it had the most rhythm to it

 

[Sproj]

How did that girl throw 66+? All her other throws have been like 55 and below.

 

[Sproj]

That might have been her big effort throw that one.

Looks like fatigue starts to take affect in this'

That throw looked like it had the most rhythm to it

She is going further, all the others are going backward.

 

[Sproj]

1500 final on now.

 

[BroncsFan]

How did that girl throw 66+? All her other throws have been like 55 and below.

Was it on her first throw as well??

It seems like the kind of sport where you put a fair bit into your early throws before the fatigue sets in... the distances are getting less and less.

She must've just nailed her technique straight up, because it came out like a rocket compared to some of the other throws.

Kelsey has two throws left ... do you almost just go light on this one as a technique tuning throw and then put absolutely everything into your last one??

 

[BroncsFan]

She is going further, all the others are going backward.

Except the bloody Turkish one who keeps improving and getting closer to the bronze medal

 

[Super Freak]

Hassan will win the gold so rule out the Aussie girls winning that one.

Don't see them winning silver either. Maybe bronze. We'll see.