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08th Aug 2016

How to make the Olympics brilliant with one rule change

This would be AMAZING

Rob Burnett

Okay, the Olympics are already brilliant.

But one Twitter user has come up with a simple plan to make them even better.

Watching Usain Bolt run the 100 metres is mighty impressive – but it’s a little hard to quantify just how impressive, given that all the other guys in the race will finish less than a second behind him. Blink at the wrong moment and you probably wouldn’t even know who has won.

It’s the same in the other sports – Tom Daley’s dives look amazing, but so do all the other competitors.

It’s a testament to the fact elite sport is now at such a high level that the difference between winning and losing is now such a tiny margin – but perhaps counter-intuitively that can make it look less impressive.

But now Twitter user @aoiph has hit on a great plan to show just how incredible the Olympians’ achievements are.

https://twitter.com/aoiph/status/762411144380309506

It would cost virtually nothing, and just imagine how it would play out:

https://twitter.com/aoiph/status/762414027725299712

More of a school sports day vibe, when they do the parents’ races.

It would also doubtless lead to a heart-warming Hollywood movie, telling the tale of Jim from Wicklow’s rise from council estate to the Olympics. We’re thinking maybe Tom Hardy for the lead?

https://twitter.com/aoiph/status/762415029996093440

https://twitter.com/pmm526/status/762457598549385216

https://twitter.com/aoiph/status/762419283464888325

Go on IOC bods, make it happen for Tokyo 2020.

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