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So I want to ask around here what the people's opinion is on an issue that has literally got everyone in my office who's got nothing better to do (or plenty better to do and no motivation to do it) talking.
Non-Olympic Olympic sports.
That'd be stuff like football, tennis, dressage, shooting, equestrian...you know the sort. Either the ones where winning the Olympic Games is not the pinnacle of their sport (Football, Tennis) or those who take the proverbial with the word 'sport' (Dressage).
So would you rather the Olympics concentrate on the 'typical' track and field sports, or embrace more of the 'unusual' Olympic sports?
I have to say I'm torn. Whilst I'd be sad to see the Beach Volleyball cut from the Olympics, it's got to be said that the concentration should be more on the sports that rarely get the spotlight at times other than the Olympics.
There's nothing wrong with synchronised swimming.
So what's right with it? Hardly a 'sport' ... OK swimming is a sport, but 'treading water' isn't!
Imagine ... Saturday Sports Synchro
Leeds Belles 1 - 2 Sunderland Stunners (Leeds star swimmer, Linda Lustgrave, sent out of the pool for deliberate upset to treading water) ;¬)
Please lay off synchronized swimming. This movie genuinely changed my life
Can't see why? :¬D
Also, synchronized swimming is a 'sport' that should die a painful death.
With that I will agree, GP
It's just become such a big thing to have darts included. The 'sport' itself is lorded by men who are fat and drink about 8 pints during playing.
Just like to point out that darts players are not allowed to drink alcohol on stage and haven't been allowed for a long time. That belief has been around since the Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch but it isn't true.
Also, synchronized swimming is a 'sport' that should die a painful death.
So, we're here. 2012! Home of what promises to be a fairly shoddy and memorable Olympic Games as it crosses over to London.
Optimistic much?
Non-Olympic Olympic sports.
That'd be stuff like football, tennis, dressage, shooting, equestrian...you know the sort. Either the ones where winning the Olympic Games is not the pinnacle of their sport (Football, Tennis) or those who take the proverbial with the word 'sport' (Dressage).
So would you rather the Olympics concentrate on the 'typical' track and field sports, or embrace more of the 'unusual' Olympic sports?
If you take the games out of the olympics there's nothing to differentiate them between the world athletics champions, and no-one really cares about that. By including all the popular sports and making it into a bigger occasion, the minority sports get attention they would otherwise never get. The more the better in my opinion, providing they're actually athletic (ie not darts). Having said that, shooting is hardly a physical activity.
As the original festival was, in part, meant to celebrate the achievements of the human body ... all athletes will also compete nude :¬)
Now that would be interesting ...but would the weather?