What is your favorite Olympic Sport?

Now that the 2016 Olympic Games have started,

What is your favorite Olympic sport?
I like Archery, Soccer, Shooting, Gymnastics

What other sport you wish was represented in the Olympics?
Pole Dancing should be an Olympic sport… :smiley: :+1:

An obstacle course kind of “American Ninja Warrior”

How about you?

Swimming in heavily polluted water. To be honest, I’m not much of a fan of the Olympics.

100m LED light throw with hurdles

Oh I am so good at drinking beer, sitting in the sun at our river… I just know I would get gold medals without a doubt!
inserting pic later when beer is finish to photo finish that first goldie

Curling. The best Olympic sport hands down!

Chess is much better. :beer:

Don’t even get me started on the “Sailing in Sewage” events.
Rio, disgrace.
Sorry for any members that may live there, I know it is not the residents fault and mean no offense personally.
The Gov’t is most certainly to blame for the conditions before, during, and most scary, after the tents have been taken down.

Best part of the games is when they extinguish the Flame.
Real Olympics were amateur’s playing for the love of their country, not employed by their country for political BS which is pretty much all it is anymore.
They should just allow all drug use and be done with the bogus testing, they are all skirting the edge anyway, why not just make doping legal?
The children already know the athletes will do anything to get an edge so big deal.

Even as a teenager I could tell they were not the same after the early 1970’s
This summary pretty much tells when the Olympics stopped being real;

Professionals in the Games
The International Olympic Committee eliminated the necessity of amateurism in 1971, allowing athletes to receive compensation for time away from work during training and competition. In addition, athletes were permitted to receive sponsorship from national organizations, sports organizations, and private businesses for the first time. In 1986, professional athletes were given permission by the International Federation to compete in each sport of the Olympic Games. For instance, in the 1992 Olympic Games, the United States was allowed to field a basketball team comprised of well-paid NBA stars, called “The Dream Team.”

Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act
Although the IOC allowed for athlete compensation in 1971, all U.S. athletes still had to be of amateur status to compete on the United States Olympic team until 1978. Athletes from the United States found it difficult to compete at the Olympic Games against athletes from eastern nations who were sponsored by their governments and able to train full-time. In 1978, the United States adopted the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, allowing athletes on the U.S. Olympic team to receive financial awards, sponsorship, and payments for the first time. A revision of the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act in 1998 expanded athletic eligibility and representation further to include the Paralympics Games and increased athlete representation.

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after rio they will make money laundry an Olympic competition too

I like running and basketball.

Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games, Skate Exhibition, Evgeni Plushenko
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I have liked also the men’s short track 1000 metres race, at Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic Games
(Steven Bradbury was THE winner :wink: ).

Appreciation of sports should transcend politics but the IOC is a joke, no one is there to hear the names of their committee but to see and cheer for the athletes and the artistic flavor the host country adds to the celebration plus views around the venues. I’m less concerned for sailors than for open water swimmers immersed in the fouled water. They should probably hold as many water events as possible in/on lakes or off beaches upcurrent from the population center. I get a big kick from relays and team events, then diving and gymnastics(especially the tumbling and bar events), swimming, then running. sports that already get played during the year but suddenly have players deciding which country is their home in order to be starters not so much. Fun to watch the US kick butt in basketball but not really competitive the way it should be, much better with baseball since other countries are better represented there. For me it’s really about the people that only get their shot at glory once every four years.

Power lifting and judo both sports i have done/ currently doing.

My cousin went to Olympics representing australia in judo this was ages ago the soul Olympics.

I think it would be cool to see a strongman contest in the Olympics but they are all on gear.

When saying 99% of top athlete take steroids so whats the difference?

do they still do the original Olympics in the nude?lol

otherwise
swimming,
rowing
cycling until UK finished 10/11th (i think)
hockey
7’s rugby
OH and BEACH VOLLEYBALL

Ohhhh i forgot they added rugby lol Should be an easy win for Australia :stuck_out_tongue:

White wall hunting needs to be become an Olympic sport!

Women’s Beach Volleyball, FTW!

Archery and cycling (track).

When ‘Streaking’ becomes an Olympic sport with entrants limited to shapely females under 30 I’ll be interested. Or maybe when the Summer Olympics are held in Antarctica- that would be a hoot :stuck_out_tongue: Till then I’m only wishing it and all the talk about it were over.

Phil

JohnnyMac, I always picture everything you say coming from that guy in your avatar pic which makes everything you say that much funnier.

JohnnyMac beat me to it.

Women's beach volleyball rules!