Reply to: New events for the 2012 olympics

[DiscoStu]

MMA!!

wow this would own the Olympics for good

imagine FEDOR

GSP and Anderson Silva there

with the likes of Machida, BJ PENN and CROCOP

Yoututbe them i promise you, you will be blown away

they train at the highest level.

This is the future of the sport
JUDO
BJJ
Wrestling
Striking
k-1
and much more that will truley astonish you once you understand it, plus most these guys would kill
the boxers/judo/wrestlers that get gold medals.
Also there are medalists in the sport of MMA and some are doing very well with the mixes training!

YOUTUBE it

I'm really tempted to quote Samuel L. Jackson right now...

[DiscoStu]

All events should stay the same except done in the nude. Men should be banned obviously.

Except the shot put. And the hammer. And the discus. And most of the weightlifting. You haven't really thought this through have you?

[realityhack]

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No. We're far too lazy for that - I can barely be arsed to work out what you're on about. Provide us with links instead.

[trsisko]

MMA!!

wow this would own the Olympics for good

imagine FEDOR

GSP and Anderson Silva there

with the likes of Machida, BJ PENN and CROCOP

Yoututbe them i promise you, you will be blown away

they train at the highest level.

This is the future of the sport
JUDO
BJJ
Wrestling
Striking
k-1
and much more that will truley astonish you once you understand it, plus most these guys would kill
the boxers/judo/wrestlers that get gold medals.
Also there are medalists in the sport of MMA and some are doing very well with the mixes training!

YOUTUBE it

[The Lone Gunman]

Originaly published for the Manchester bid, but could be used for 2012. Substitute London place names as required.


Manchester 2000 - An Olympic Bid

The itinerary and schedule of events for Manchester's bid can now be
revealed:

Opening Ceremony

This is to be kept as brief as possible, due to the low boredom
threshold of the average Mancunian.

There will be no Parade of Athletes round the arena since if they leave
their rooms at the village for more than 2 minutes, the rooms will be
stripped bare by the time they get back.

Neither will there be any flags in the stadium, as any left unattended
are likely to be stolen and used to decorate the walls at a future
warehouse rave.

The Olympic Flame will be ignited by a petrol bomb thrown by a native of
the city (preferably from the Ordsall area), wearing the traditional
costume of shell suit, baseball cap and balaclava mask. It will burn for
the duration of the games in a large chip pan situated on the roof of
the stadium.

The Events

In previous Olympic games, Britain's competitors have not been
particularly successful. In order to redress the balance, some of the
events have been altered slightly to the advantage of the local
atheletes.

100 Metres Sprint

Competitors will have to hold a video recorder and a microwave oven (one
under each arm), and on the sound of the starting pistol, a police dog
will be released from a cage 10 yards behind the atheletes.

100 Metres Hurdles

As above, but with added obstacles (ie car bonnets, hedges, garden
fences, walls etc)

Hammer

Competitors in this event may choose the type of hammer they wish to use
(claw, ballpeine, sledge etc). The winner will be the one who can cause
the most grievous bodily harm to members of the public within the time
allowed.

Fencing

Entrants will be asked to dispose of as much stolen silver and jewellery
as possible in 5 minutes.

Long jump/ High Jump

These events have been amalgamated and will be referred to simply as "A
Jump", Mixed teams, in loose fitting clothing only.

Shooting

A strong challenge is expected from the local men in this event. The
first target will be a moving police van. In the second round,
competitors will aim at a post office counter clerk, bank teller or an
Armaguard/Securicor style wages delivery man.

Boxing

Entry to the Boxing will restricted to husband and wife teams, and will
take place on a Friday night. The Husband will be given 15 pints of
bitter, while the wife will be told not to make him any tea when he gets
home. The bout will then commence.

Cycling Time Trials

Competitors will be asked to break into the university bike sheds and
take an expensive mountain bike owned by some mummy's boy from the home
counties on his first trip away from home. All against the clock.

Cycling Pursuit

As above, but the bike will be owned by a visiting member of the SAS
rugby team, who will witness the theft.

Modern Pentathlon

Amended to include mugging, breaking and entering, flashing, joyriding,
and arson

The Marathon

A safe route has yet to be decided, but competitors will be issued with
sharp sticks and bags with which to pick up litter on their way round
the course.

Swimming

Competitors will be thrown off a bridge on the Manchester Ship Canal.
The first 3 survivors back will decide the medals.

Mens 4 x 100 metres

To be run according to the rules with the slight ammendment of replacing
the batons with handbags stolen from members of the public watching the
event.

Mens 4 x 400 metres

As above, but with a police dog giving pursuit to ensure the competitors
run further.

Weightlifting

This will now be a pairs event. In the first round, entrants will be
required to smash a shop window and make their escape with a 3 piece
suite or a washing machne from the display. Medals will be awarded to
the first team to overturn and torch a police armed response vehicle,
complete with constables.

Gymnastics

Please note that the ladies floor exercises have been replaced by a
rhythmic clog dancing formation team event. Competitors will also be
judged on the difficulty of the knots with which their shawls are tied.

Mens 50km Walk

Unfortunatly, this will have to be cancelled as the police cannot
guarantee the safety of anyone walking the streets of Manchester.

Proposed Exhibition Sport

Following the success of other exhibition sports, Manchester proposes
their version of the modern pentathlon. Suggestions recieved so far
include yard of ale contests, whippet keeping, pigeon racing, tram
spotting and black pudding or ferret juggling.

The Closing Ceremony

Entertainment will include formation rave dancing by members of the
Hacienda 'Health in the Community' anti drugs campaigners, dwarf tossing
and music by the Happy Mondays and Morrisey.

The Olympic flame will be extinguished by someone dropping an old
washing machine onto it from the top floor of the block of flats next to
the stadium.

The stadium will then be boarded up before the local atheletes break
into it and remove all the copper piping and the central heating boiler.

[Ruprect]

Surely there should be some events related to whinging, moaning and queueing?

[Diver]

All female entrants to be extremely fit.

>In the only sense of the word that matters<

[contractor79]

Men should be banned obviously.

feminists will agree to this

[TimberWolf]

All events should stay the same except done in the nude. Men should be banned obviously.

[contractor79]

NuLab will want to make the olympics as fair as possible. No nation will be allowed to win more medals than its population. If this means China and America don't get past the first week then so be it.

[Spacecadet]

actually this entire thread subject was on one of the BBC webcasts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/7554409.stm

[Spacecadet]

Catching the javelin - labour politicians

That was on the BBC!

[foritisme]

Medal Credit
Any nation that does not have as many medals as the leading nation will be given some extra medals (stamping out medal poverty)


Health and Safety Javelin
The javelin will will be subsituted for those foam sticks you get in swimming pools.

Synchronised WAGS


Pole Vault
Immigrants are sent packing

[EternalOptimist]

Heading the shot - chavs only

Catching the javelin - labour politicians

[moorfield]

in order to fight sexism, men and women must compete against each other in all events, and women must win 50% of the time otherwise Harriet Harman will be upset and we can't have that

Harperson