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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by amarant on Monday August 09, 2021 @04:45AM (#28114036)
The idea of "freeform" sports competition is interesting. It shouldn't be a replacement but rather a addition to current sports.

By freeform here I mean that you remove most of the rules. For example for biking you could allow whatever vehicle the competitors choose so long as it is powered entirely by the cyclist.

Not sure what a reasonable "freeform" ruleset would be for javelin, at some point javelins stop being javelins and start being model airplanes, but I can see some entertainment value in "throwing model airplanes as far as possible"competitions too..

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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by tromp on Monday August 09, 2021 @06:02AM (#28114660)
> For example for biking you could allow whatever vehicle the competitors choose so long as it is powered entirely by the cyclist.

The World Human Powered Vehicle Association [1] oversees such competition, on land, in water, and even in the air [2].

[1] http://www.whpva.org/

[2] http://www.whpva.org/hpv.html

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Re:Embarrassed by your Olympic javelin: did cavemen do it be... by cdbyr on Monday August 09, 2021 @11:16AM (#28117980)
You might find development class sailing interesting. For example, the Moth started off as a fairly normal dinghy and is now a really fast foiling boat: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moth_(dinghy)

I’m not sure if there are similar things in other sports, but with Moths and foiling boats, there are plenty of people who say this isn’t real sailing. Fun to watch, though.

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