I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
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Very good points Lindsey.....Swimmers are not at the mercy of their competitors like they are in short track skating and snowboard cross country (and NASCAR for that matter)....there is a big difference there....when someone said that every sport has elements of luck in them on some level...it depends on whether or not you accept chess as a sport....where's the possible elements of luck in a chess match?
Newmastersswimmmer
Very good points Lindsey.....Swimmers are not at the mercy of their competitors like they are in short track skating and snowboard cross country (and NASCAR for that matter)....there is a big difference there....when someone said that every sport has elements of luck in them on some level...it depends on whether or not you accept chess as a sport....where's the possible elements of luck in a chess match?
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