There should be a drugs enhanced Olympics.

Renegade Mechanic

Seriously. Take whatever you can get your hands on without dissolving whenever you come into contact with water or spontaneously combusting at the starting line.

I'd watch that. Definitely.

I just want to see someone run the hundred meters against a car and beat it. Because the dragon watching the event told him he'd mate with the loser.

I want to see a swimmer set a hundred meter record that can't even be beaten by a sailfish.

I want to see sprinters having to run, wearing parachutes to deploy when they cross the finish line.

Or a ten thousand meter race where the runners need pit stops to change worn shoes because the soles are blistering like an F1 tyre.

I want to see a 24 hour marathon From Lisbon to Moscow.

I want to see long jumps, hammer throwing discuss throwing, javelin contests, etc between stadiums.

I want to see football, where the crowd has to be protected with plexiglass.

Or pool diving. From a passenger jet.

I want to see water polo where there's no water left in the pool by the end of the game and the winning team cannibalises the losers before the officials can sedate them.

How much cooler would weight lifting be, if the stadium needer bigger foundations to accommodate it? Yes... Weight lifting where you can't actually see the weight lifter, because the weights bend light...

What do ye think? I reckon there isn't an Olympic sport out there that couldn't be made wildly entertaining by drugs. Imagine the research and developments! They'd probably come up with something that could make humans literally fly, you'd have your first Olympic human air races.
Take drugs, kids. You need to be ready for future Olympic games. Ireland will be counting on you..... :cool:

Smondie

Thete already is. It's called the olympic ganes. You just can't use drugs they test for.

Gatling

We could do with a Game of Thrones inspired Olympics ,

Run ,swim or trial by combat

mansize

Watch all the athletes die early afterwards

Moo Moo Land

mansize

The Olympics are as clean as my browsing history- and that says nothing to report!!!

The_Valeyard

mansize wrote: »

The Olympics are as clean as my browsing history- and that says nothing to report!!!

Browser history may be clean, but your ISP says differently. 😉

DanMurphy

I read somewhere that the fully trained & fit human body can only generate a maximum energy of 25 cc (a quarter of one Horse-Power)


If that's true, I wonder how an Olympic power-lifter can snatch a quarter of a ton of dead weight over his head, using just 25 cc of energy.

mansize

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Browser history may be clean, but your ISP says differently. 😉

IOC don't check that. And Vodafone know to keep schtum.

Fleawuss

DanMurphy wrote: »

I read somewhere that the fully trained & fit human body can only generate a maximum energy of 25 cc (a quarter of one Horse-Power)


If that's true, I wonder how an Olympic power-lifter can snatch a quarter of a ton of dead weight over his head, using just 25 cc of energy.

Horse of a man.

pickarooney

How are you measuring energy in cubic centimetres?

DanMurphy

I didn't personally measure it. Some scientists did. I only read about it.

Renegade Mechanic

DanMurphy wrote: »

I read somewhere that the fully trained & fit human body can only generate a maximum energy of 25 cc (a quarter of one Horse-Power)


If that's true, I wonder how an Olympic power-lifter can snatch a quarter of a ton of dead weight over his head, using just 25 cc of energy.

The first problem is the term "fully fit". You averagely fit person will run rings around the heaviest weight lifter. They're insanely strong, but by no means good runners.
So they're actually more powerful than a fit person, but still by no means a horse..

So, secondly, the explanation for me comes in the form of leverage. Muscle mounting points.
'Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.'

Jimoslimos

DanMurphy wrote: »

I read somewhere that the fully trained & fit human body can only generate a maximum energy of 25 cc (a quarter of one Horse-Power)


If that's true, I wonder how an Olympic power-lifter can snatch a quarter of a ton of dead weight over his head, using just 25 cc of energy.

Not sure how you're equating a unit of volume with power, anyway not sure on those figures. Cyclists can maintain around 400W (over half a horsepower) for several hours and in sprints at the end of a stage can output 1500W for a couple of seconds (approx 2 hp).

maudgonner

I'd prefer not to cheer on a sportsman knowing that he could very well go to bed that night and simply not wake up again, as has happened to a number of cyclists.

So no, even if the anti-doping efforts are pathetic at times, I'd prefer them to make some effort rather than none.

mansize

I'm not that bothered about Rio. London was frikkin everywhere (due to proximity) so you couldn't miss it. I doubt we'll win too many medals

RayM

The 800 Metres on ecstasy - the athletes all stopping every few metres for water and to hug each other. I'd watch that.

SEPT 23 1989

a grenade instead of a baton would liven up the relay race

DanMurphy

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

a grenade instead of a baton would liven up the relay race

with a nine second fuse!

NiallBoo

DanMurphy wrote: »

I read somewhere that the fully trained & fit human body can only generate a maximum energy of 25 cc (a quarter of one Horse-Power)

It's maybe a little tricky to say exactly what we mean my max power output, but let's take the example of cycling where our bigger muscles are working and a power metre would record one of the higher output figures.

.25hp is about 186 watts - probably about the max achievable by a healthy OAP.

Pro cyclists could Sprint at maybe 1500-2000w. They could keep up 200-300 all day and 450-500 for maybe an hour or so.

Samaris

The gymnastics events would be -awesome-.

Beasty

DanMurphy wrote: »

I read somewhere that the fully trained & fit human body can only generate a maximum energy of 25 cc (a quarter of one Horse-Power)


If that's true, I wonder how an Olympic power-lifter can snatch a quarter of a ton of dead weight over his head, using just 25 cc of energy.

Well I can put out more than that just through my legs on the bike and sustain it for over an hour. "Proper/full-time" athletes are going to be a hell of a lot stronger than me, and I suspect you read wrong.....

NiallBoo wrote: »

.25hp is about 186 watts - probably about the max achievable by a healthy OAP.

I know a few "healthy OAPs" who are perfectly capable of putting out 1,000w or more

Arcade_Tryer

DanMurphy wrote: »

I read somewhere that the fully trained & fit human body can only generate a maximum energy of 25 cc (a quarter of one Horse-Power)


If that's true, I wonder how an Olympic power-lifter can snatch a quarter of a ton of dead weight over his head, using just 25 cc of energy.

Technique, practice, and practice.

mzungu

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Seriously. Take whatever you can get your hands on without dissolving whenever you come into contact with water or spontaneously combusting at the starting line.

Sure this is what we have now!

mansize

Looks like the OP has their way!