Commonwealth Games

[Phoenix]

1 hour ago, Wolfie said:

I agree with your main point but this solution would see medal winners in each event who aren't the best at that event. Not sure what the solution would be for decathlon/heptathlon but you could limit all of the competitors to a maximum of 2 or 3 events?. It would stop swimmers winning golds in the 50/100/200/400 in freestyle and then breast stroke etc, plus the relay/medleys etc.

Still not ideal. Maybe there are just too many events that each individual swimmer/gymnast/cyclist could realistically win in certain sports.

 

It's rare that the winner of the Hep/Decathlon wins all the events. KJT for instance is good at sprinting & jumping but weak at the throwing events. Taking it event by event she would have got 2 golds, three silvers and a gold as overall winner, much like gymnastics.

It'll never happen.