So, same discussion in 4 years time?



"iPilot" wrote in message
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It's been under discussion for several times, but I want to bring it up
again.

There have been several pro's and con's towards soaring in Olympics, but
nobody argues that it'd
rise the popularity of the sport. So it is important for soaring
community. Therefore my question is
following:

Wich way is soaring worse than sailing?

None of the cities that have organised Olympic games in the past would
have any geographic troubles
on organising soaring competitions (Moscow had troubles with organising
sailing competition which
had to be held in Tallinn - 900 km away).
None of the latest summer games that I remember have had such miserable
weather that the competition
would have to be left unheld.

The main argument against soaring is the fact that equipment can make a
difference here. Well. Here
is the challenge for igc. They have to face that their first trial of
monoclass failed and they have
to try again. This time with relatively high-performing, yet still not
expencive standard or 15m
class design.

As a matter of fact I don't believe that sailing deserves to have 9
different classes on Olympics
and soaring none. I personally think that FAI has failed bigtime to find
the concensus amongst all
air sports to get air sports represented on Olympic games. It shall be the
biggest argument towards
Olympic Commety - there's no air sports in Olympics nowadays. And the most
suitable sport would be
soaring because it's competitive, not so dependent on equipment and
directly measurable. Making
soaring TV-friendly shall not be a problem as well today. And with racing
tasks only allowed on
olympics it shall be understandable for general public as well.

How can we do it?

Regards,
Kaido




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