Don't get me wrong, I went to the Viennese Spanish Horse School's similar, but more awesome performance as a 12 year old kid and loved it. But it's not a sport.
Sports that shouldn't be in the Olympics?
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Fat athletes are good. Archery had some, weightlifting always has them.
The women heavy athletes are always great. They have more testosterone in them than the male population of a small town combined, though, so I don't think they could be the mothers of my future children.
feck this negativity, there should be more events. Get literature back in for a start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games
Beach Volleyball should go, however, it's just porn for cowards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Olympic_Games
Beach Volleyball should go, however, it's just porn for cowards.
Synchonized swimming. Women hanging upsidedown in the water and wiggling their feet in the air does not do it for me.
Yes, yes, yes.
Gymnastics requires equipment, too. As does swimming, what with the actual swimming pool. Wouldn't it be fun to live in a peterstorey world
So what? It's a swimming competition, not a beauty contest. She's a great advert for the sport when you look at her achievements and her interviews. She will undoubtedly have inspired loads of people to take up swimming, even if not competitively.
Football
Tennis
Fencing - it's not even a good spectator sport, far too hard to work out who has hit who.
There's other sports, like BMX, which is fine, but if they have that, why not skateboarding?
Golf is a stupid idea, unless they keep it amateur only, which they won't.
Tug of War should be reinstated. Tonga and Samoa would get a look-in then.
I agree, I've never understood why her looks get mentioned so often. It's not like she draws attention to them, she just gets on with her sport and does very well at it, so well done to her.
My point was - as swimming apparent popularity (by that I mean people will watch in the olympics) is largely down to showing fit people in bathing suits, they should have more good looking ones.
Fencing is lot more exciting to watch than swimming, but that's not saying much.
But I don't think sports should be included based on their popularity, though that's what the IOC is doing. They are about to completely phase out penthatlon, which is one of the most traditional olympics sports and one of complex test of a human. That'll be a shame.
Fencing is lot more exciting to watch than swimming, but that's not saying much.
But I don't think sports should be included based on their popularity, though that's what the IOC is doing. They are about to completely phase out penthatlon, which is one of the most traditional olympics sports and one of complex test of a human. That'll be a shame.
That would be a shame, and I agree on the popularity thing.
Apart from football and tennis, which have their own competitions, I wouldn't remove anything really, only add (not golf), and extend it to 3 weeks if necessary. If the World Cup, which is just one sport, can last three weeks, why shouldn't the Olympics?
I like the swimming, and you get to see plenty of the competitors, what with all the underwater cameras, and the BBC commentary team are excellent - knowledgeable, informative and enthusiastic. Everything that Mark Lawrenson isn't.
It would be a bonus if the swimmers were better looking and had more sexy outfits on, not sure anyone can deny that really.
But do you see anything really? No, its all white froth and limbs frantically spiralling around. Sometimes in slo mo. And that's TV, you won't see that in a local swimming competition.
And the doping going around in swimming makes cycling a sport of angels.
And the doping going around in swimming makes cycling a sport of angels.
Gymnastics and swimming could go too as far as I'm concerned. Certainly all the team sports. The Olympics are a bloated monster than needs cutting down to size.
I've never really thought of swimming as being a sport for the perverts, so I don't really agree that its popularity is purely down to that. Surely athletics and the likes of volleyball are much more up there for attractive people in skimpy outfits?
I think the swimming can be genuinely exciting, I'm not really bothered what they look like. Personally I like the events that are out and out races. Those are often the most exciting, if not as technical perhaps.
I think the swimming can be genuinely exciting, I'm not really bothered what they look like. Personally I like the events that are out and out races. Those are often the most exciting, if not as technical perhaps.
Looking at fit people won't make you pervert, Red. But it's obvious its a large part of its popularity. The other part of it is the fixation with records. No wonder swimming got to its current popularity when wonderdresses were introduced.
That bit wasn't serious!
I'm not that into records or looking at the athletes, just think swimming's a good one for shouting at the telly while they dash for the finish.
So it's like hound racing?
Ha, pretty much!
I also like rowing, cycling and running for the same reasons, but am less interested in things like shooting and archery (though they should still be included in the Olympics, IMO)
Walking or Racewalking w/e you call it.
Shooting and archery are crap, but judo, boxing, wrestling and even fencing are far more entertaining than athletics, swimming, rowing/kayaking/canoeing. I can't watch those at all.
I can't understand the fascination with watching sports without direct opponents. Team sports are the best for me, but I hate every game where the opponents are divided by a net in the middle. Volleyball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, all should die a slow death.
What's that mental cycling one where there's dozens of them whirling around and nobody but the computer seems to know what the feck is going on?
What about freaking basketball then? America have won at least 90% of the gold medals, it is like shooting fish in a barrel for them, add to that basketball players being the highest paid athletes in the world.
Fair enough, just different tastes I suppose, and the good thing about the Olympics is that it has such a range of events so whatever you look for from sport, it will probably be demonstrated in at least one of the events.
I agree that I'm also a big fan of the boxing though.
Definitely this
Think swimming has too many disciplines 100 m forward, backward, sideways, frog etc phelps won 8 golds last time around competing in all of these whereas a person excellent in shot-put is unlikely to be strong in javelin etc
Think i'll add Equestrian to that.
Based on what?
How much of it have you actually watched [i'm assuming you weren't present at Greenwich or elsewhere in the past]?
This is correct.
Yeah it's all a bit self-indulgent and qualifies some of the major medal hauls such as Phelps' especially when they're compared with athletes from other disciplines.
I disagree about any sport for which the Olympics isn't the pinnacle. But Football should either be full teams or not at all.
Dressage, disgusting. Synchronised swimming? Ergh.
For Football, make it so the 15 teams that make it through the World Cup group stage (minus the worst team obviously). Then have 60 minute matches at the Olympics with full teams.
Dressage, disgusting. Synchronised swimming? Ergh.
For Football, make it so the 15 teams that make it through the World Cup group stage (minus the worst team obviously). Then have 60 minute matches at the Olympics with full teams.
Just seen an interview with a more mature Scottish judo player who just got knocked out in all of 2 minutes of his bout. It's hard to watch, he was trying to hold back the tears all through the interview. He won't make the next games, he says, presumably he'll be too old.
You have to feel sorry for those who know they've just missed their last chance, they all put so much into the preparation. Sport can be cruel.
You have to feel sorry for those who know they've just missed their last chance, they all put so much into the preparation. Sport can be cruel.
They are all very toned and athletic-looking, they are not all beautiful - that applies to both men and women.
Not at all then.
And how many on here despite it being a football forum would disagree with it being dropped from the Olympics?
Well me. Like I said in the rest of my post.
Ah, i thought you were just trying to make the best of its present inclusion, not wanting it as a rule.
Based on what?
How much of it have you actually watched [i'm assuming you weren't present at Greenwich or elsewhere in the past]?
Because i can't stand elitist sports.
So it's bitterness, some warped envy and a dash of ignorance, i see.