And by that I mean what ex-Olympic track and field event would you like to see brought back? Cross country? Standing broad jump? 200m low hurdles?
And by that I mean what ex-Olympic track and field event would you like to see brought back? Cross country? Standing broad jump? 200m low hurdles?
The Medley Relay -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_
–_Men%27s_medley_relay
A pre-emptor to the 4x4, it consisted legs of :
200
200
400
800
I also like the sound of the two-handed Shot, Discus, and Javelin events.
The 4-mile team race. Would also like to see club-swinging brought back to gymnastics.
Standing broad (long?) jump is my choice.
Battle of the Network Stars.
The world road relay championships.
Sex. In whatever form. ED sucks.
The Presidential election that includes at least one quality candidate.
Go back to having no women's events
Gladiators
Pentathlon 1906 version---(standing long jump, ancient discus, 192-meter run, javelin, Greco-Roman Wrestling)
Whitepaper on Ancient Discus
http://ancientolympics.arts.kuleuven.be/eng/TC004EN.html
thus permitting me to say
discus discus
It would actually be pretty cool if they ran the Stade (192 meter run) as an exhibition event every once in a while, in Athens or somewhere in Greece
margot robbie finishline judge wrote:
Pentathlon 1906 version---(standing long jump, ancient discus, 192-meter run, javelin, Greco-Roman Wrestling)
Whitepaper on Ancient Discus
http://ancientolympics.arts.kuleuven.be/eng/TC004EN.htmlthus permitting me to say
discus discus
Triathlon
Shot put
100 yd dash
Long jump
Tug-of-war
Precious Roy. wrote:
Sex. In whatever form. ED sucks.
Amen to that!
Mr. Obvious wrote:
Tug-of-war
Way too dangerous.
Standing long jump is my vote.
Flo'da boy wrote:
And by that I mean what ex-Olympic track and field event would you like to see brought back? Cross country? Standing broad jump? 200m low hurdles?
I guess I haven't paid attention recently, but what happened to the standing broad jump?
Old D2 Guy wrote:
A pre-emptor to the 4x4, it consisted legs of :
200
200
400
800
I also like the sound of the two-handed Shot, Discus, and Javelin events.
This is still run as an SMR in many HS meets, at least where I live in the Midwest. Not sure about colleges.
220y/200m on an extended straightaway would be cool. I've heard the 1-turn 440y was also run on these tracks at one point.
Leftover pizza wrote:
Battle of the Network Stars.
How about Superstars? The late 70's/80's competition with sports stars.
Renaldo Nehemiah was a world record hurdler who won the multipart completion over NFL stars.