A list of sports I have no interest in seeing at the Olympics

[Richard46]

Most of the Olympic sports are like that though. Oo look at me. I'm really good at running 400m quickly... I can chuck a particular type of stick or heavy ball really far.... Well done. I mean you have been practising for years and these skills seem of limited entertainment value but well done... I guess.

Point is that in running there is only one way of running 400m etc and one medal for it. In swimming there are multiple medals for different ways of doing it. There are no medals for running sideways or backwards.
Tell a lie there is a medal for running while you keep one foot on the ground. They call it walking and they should get rid of that.

 

[Sue]

I have no interest in excluding anything just these things are not for me.

Edit actually I do think they should get rid of that silly walks event; that is just daft.

I do recommend gymnastics though for next time!

 

[xenon]

Do they still have synchronised swimming?

Trying not to drown whilst wafting about looking like a dick to the tunes of Jean Michel Jarr.

 

[Elpenor]

Do they still have synchronised swimming?

Trying not to drown whilst wafting about looking like a dick to the tunes of Jean Michel Jarr.

Yes and men are competing in it for the first time in Paris

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Rhythmic gymnastics. Is that still a thing? Presumably competed in by gymnasts who aren't quite good enough to compete in regular gymnastics?

 

[Richard46]

Do they still have synchronised swimming?

Trying not to drown whilst wafting about looking like a dick to the tunes of Jean Michel Jarr.

Next to the horse dancing that has to be the worst.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I shoot myself in the foot with all these arguments because I love figure skating. That fails most of these tests, particularly the ice dance, in which there are rules against spectacular tricks.

 

[Elpenor]

Maybe we get Paul the octopus to judge the gymnastics?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Does the sport have a wtf aspect when done really well? Maybe that's a good test. So BMX absofuckinglutely. Golf not so much.

 

[Sue]

Maybe we get Paul the octopus to judge the gymnastics?

It would certainly meet littlebabyjesus' test:

Does the sport have a wtf aspect when done really well? Maybe that's a good test.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Tell a lie there is a medal for running while you keep one foot on the ground. They call it walking and they should get rid of that.

Walking is quite magnificent tbf. Competed in by oddballs and misfits who have found that they're just more bloody minded than anyone else who would never stick to training that many hours doing something that looks that ridiculous.

It passes my wtf test in possibly two different ways.

 

[WouldBe]

I have been saying exactly this for years. Thank you I thought it was just me who had noticed what a scam the swimming events are.

Perhaps they should just have 800m. Whoever gets to 50m first gets a gold, then 100m, 200m 400m. and 800m. Could possibly do the same for different strokes. It would certainly cut it down so they could spend more time on other sports.

 

[Richard46]

Walking is quite magnificent tbf. Competed in by oddballs and misfits who have found that they're just more bloody minded than anyone else who would never stick to training that many hours doing something that looks that ridiculous.

It passes my wtf test in possibly two different ways.

I am concerned about the mental health of the spectators let alone those who train to do it.

 

[Richard46]

Perhaps they should just have 800m. Whoever gets to 50m first gets a gold, then 100m, 200m 400m. and 800m. Could possibly do the same for different strokes. It would certainly cut it down so they could spend more time on other sports.

Nooooooo!

 

[Elpenor]

There’s a type of running race called devil takes the hindmost where after every lap the person in last place is eliminated, so you basically have to sprint at the end of every lap, often done indoors I think as laps shorter

I think this meets the wtf test

 

[Sue]

There’s a type of running race called devil takes the hindmost where after every lap the person in last place is eliminated, so you basically have to sprint at the end of every lap, often done indoors I think as laps shorter

I think this meets the wtf test

Only if the Devil actually shows up.

 

[Richard46]

There’s a type of running race called devil takes the hindmost where after every lap the person in last place is eliminated, so you basically have to sprint at the end of every lap, often done indoors I think as laps shorter

I think this meets the wtf test

There is such an event in cycling called an elimination race. IIRC it will not be a separate race in this years Olympics but will be part of the omnium event. (six different races)

 

[littlebabyjesus]

There’s a type of running race called devil takes the hindmost where after every lap the person in last place is eliminated, so you basically have to sprint at the end of every lap, often done indoors I think as laps shorter

I think this meets the wtf test

Ooo that reminds me. The velodrome hasn't started yet. The points race. Total chaos. Who's in the lead? Who's winning? Who the fuck knows?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

There is such an event in cycling called an elimination race. IIRC it will not be a separate race in this years Olympics but will be part of the omnium event. (six different races)

Yep. The points race is another leg of the omnium. Top sporting!

 

[Aladdin]

All Olympics' sports should be replaced with disciplines that anybody can enter.
Discus >>> Tiddlywinks
Archery >>> Darts
Football >>> Amateur dramatics
Basketball >>> Beer pong
Fencing >>> Creosoting
Javlin and shot put could both go and get replaced with Kerplunk
Boxing and Judo should be replaced with tutting and eye-rolling, respectively. Taekwondo >>> 'A nice cup of tea'.
All of those that involve passing a ball over a net to your opponent should be replaced with 'Taking my ball home'

You forgot expressive dance...

 

[Sue]

Ooo that reminds me. The velodrome hasn't started yet. The points race. Total chaos. Who's in the lead? Who's winning? Who the fuck knows?

Absolutely. People suddenly get a gazillion extra points for no discernable reason. (I did think it was just me that didn't understand it though so this makes me feel much better.)

 

[Aladdin]

The only Olympic sports I like to watch are the running, (not hurdles), swimming, (regular..not synchronised) and boxing.
And this year I enjoyed the Turkish guy who rocked up with his hand in his pocket and won a silver medal in air gun shooting.

Everything else can go.

 

[Santino]

Tennis
Football
Golf

Just to be clear, I don't have anything against these sports in their proper place, just not at the Olympics.

 

[bris]

Tennis
Football
Golf

A very long list for me. Every single one of them. Do they have tiddlywinks now? If so I may watch that.

 

[iona]

Do they still have synchronised swimming?

Trying not to drown whilst wafting about looking like a dick to the tunes of Jean Michel Jarr.

I used to do synchro. Got asked to join the England kids team training sessions and everything. It was way tougher, physically, than the sport I do now which involves other people literally trying to break your limbs and choke you unconscious.

My current sport is vaguely related to judo but our ruleset means I once managed to beat someone who'd been on the GB judo olympics team, mostly by sitting down extremely fast. So I'm basically a world-class athlete in the sport of sitting on your arse

 

[klang]

I have no interest in excluding anything just these things are not for me.

Edit actually I do think they should get rid of that silly walks event; that is just daft.

Competitive arse wiggling

 

[maomao]

I've no idea why it's called skeet.

Skeet means 'shoot' so skeet shooting means shoot shooting.

 

[Artaxerxes]

They should have Princess Bride fencing where right handed athletes have to fence left handed and vice versa to compete with swimming…

I would happily bin off fencing and replace it with HEMA

Fencing is shit and the equivalent of hitting people with those little whippy rulers I used to get in warhammer games

 

[trashpony]

I would happily bin off fencing and replace it with HEMA

Fencing is shit and the equivalent of hitting people with those little whippy rulers I used to get in warhammer games

Those little whippy rulers are the bane of my life

 

[WouldBe]

I would happily bin off fencing and replace it with HEMA

Replace it with fencing. First person to erect 60' of fence gets gold.