Discussion Winter Olympics 2022

Herbie66

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mike89 said:
Penalty shootouts in hockey are far superior to soccer. I wonder if there's a way to make soccer ones similar?
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They had it in the NASL when Pele was playing for the Cosmos.

Player started 35 yards out and had 5 seconds to beat the keeper.

MSL abandoned the idea 20 years ago
 
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Just heard a remarkable comment on the cycling coverage from Anna Meares - saying the women's sprint times have come down about half a second since her last competition in 2012.

In 2012 the fastest sprint in qualifying was Victoria Pendleton in 10.78. So it's a pretty similar length to the 100m in athletics. Which, for the women, hasn't been touched in something like 30 years. Can you imagine half a second coming off it in that amount of time?
 
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mike89 said:
Just heard a remarkable comment on the cycling coverage from Anna Meares - saying the women's sprint times have come down about half a second since her last competition in 2012.

In 2012 the fastest sprint in qualifying was Victoria Pendleton in 10.78. So it's a pretty similar length to the 100m in athletics. Which, for the women, hasn't been touched in something like 30 years. Can you imagine half a second coming off it in that amount of time?
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Give the women robot legs and it might have happened. The technology improvements in bikes are the main reason times have come down so much. I think shoe technology is also improving, which is why there has been a lot of Olympic records, but not to the same level.
 
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