BMX Freestyle Question

Gender Parity? wrote:

Why the h*ck do they need to separate this competition by gender? What difference does it make? Would the women not be able to compete against the men? Seems like the broadcasters don't think so. I don't get why they would separate a skill event like this...

A bigger question is why the F is BMX an Olympic sport?

All the Olympic sports are separated. Why should this be any different?

The men's competition will be of a significantly higher standard just like most of the other sports where there is separation.

Surely that doesn't come as a surprise to you?

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Gender Parity? wrote:

Why the h*ck do they need to separate this competition by gender? What difference does it make? Would the women not be able to compete against the men? Seems like the broadcasters don't think so. I don't get why they would separate a skill event like this...

A bigger question is why the F is BMX an Olympic sport?

Its a pretty good sport... Better than at least half of all other Olympic events.

Never been a huge fan of judged sports.

Swimming yes, diving no, synchronized swimming, hell no

BMX Racing, yes, freestyle no

This begs the question….why the hell are there style points in ski jumping? Shouldn’t it just be, who jumps the furthest?

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SDSU Aztec wrote:

A bigger question is why the F is BMX an Olympic sport?

Its a pretty good sport... Better than at least half of all other Olympic events.

Maybe it is, but it still shouldn't be an Olympic sport. There can't be more than a handful of countries that send BMX athletes.

UFC is very popular but it would be obscene to make it an Olympic sport. I consider the Olympics to be one of the biggest sporting events there is and it should be limited to about 10 sports including only real ones like T&F, swimming, wrestling and gymnastics.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Maybe it is, but it still shouldn't be an Olympic sport. There can't be more than a handful of countries that send BMX athletes.

UFC is very popular but it would be obscene to make it an Olympic sport. I consider the Olympics to be one of the biggest sporting events there is and it should be limited to about 10 sports including only real ones like T&F, swimming, wrestling and gymnastics.

There may only be a handful of nations sending BMX athletes, today. And from a middle class, first world perspective BMX seems niche compared to things like swimming and gymnastics.

But right now globally there are vastly more children who have access to a bike than a decent swimming pool. More that will try their hand at a skatepark than a gymnasium. There are charities that have built BMX pump tracks in deprived nations, and skate parks are ubiquitous in cities worldwide.