For some reason I misread this and thought that you were advocating bikinis as an olympic sport here (though arguably, with women's beach volleyball, they already are).
I'm not sure I have any real opinions about what should be events in the summer olympics - though I'd like to see some transparent system by which sports (in the loosest sense of the word) could be chosen and rotated between and which allowed a reasonable chance for any sport with a dedicated following to get show-cased at least once in a generation.
I just wanted to see if you could submit a poll without ticking any boxes. How about a poll of the sports that ARE in the Olympics to see which should be removed?
None of the above - if they have their own international competition. Horse racing would be impossible - which distance would you choose?
I could make a case, if there are going to be horse sports at all, for the other FEI disciplines to be added - horse-ball, vaulting (on real live horses) and (much more spectator friendly than dressage) tent-pegging. Also Polo, which was once an Olympic sport.
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Date: 2012-08-09 02:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-09 03:08 pm (UTC)I'm not sure I have any real opinions about what should be events in the summer olympics - though I'd like to see some transparent system by which sports (in the loosest sense of the word) could be chosen and rotated between and which allowed a reasonable chance for any sport with a dedicated following to get show-cased at least once in a generation.
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Date: 2012-08-09 08:45 pm (UTC)I could make a case, if there are going to be horse sports at all, for the other FEI disciplines to be added - horse-ball, vaulting (on real live horses) and (much more spectator friendly than dressage) tent-pegging. Also Polo, which was once an Olympic sport.
Or jousting and the quintain...
Extreme ironing.
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Date: 2012-08-10 08:52 am (UTC)Pigeon shooting.
Backwards walking.
Tug of war.
The Kirkwall Ba' game.
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Date: 2012-08-12 07:47 am (UTC)Relay running (for example) is fine, because that involves genuine interaction between the team members, but three-day eventing doesn't.