jofl wrote:
I would cut the following -
Race Walks
3000m Steeplechase
200m
Hammer
10,000m
Triple Jump
Listen, you have to get rid of events that guys can double (the 10K and 5K are the same athletes for 80% of the field). The IOC loves targeting "African dominated disciplines," so the Steeple must go (plus, it has no defining Olympic moment). We keep Discus, Shot, and Javelin. Lose the 200m based on the same logic as 5K/10K, same athletes dominate.
I am with Dick Pound on the TJ. Just keep the Long Jump. it's about higher, stronger, faster, and the LJ accomplishes all that, while the TJ is technical-based to a higher degree. Coe is defending the TJ because his bedfellow is the WR holder in Jonathan Edwards.
I think that's a start.
I agree 100% with your cut list.