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philmophlegm ([personal profile] philmophlegm) wrote2012-08-09 03:46 pm
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[identity profile] ozisim.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Discgolf!
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[personal profile] purplecat 2012-08-09 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
In fact, I think cricket should be a part of both the suimmer and the winter olympics.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Has been played at both the North and South Poles.

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I fear that might not be a convincing enough argument for the IOC...

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Iceland has a cricket team, too!
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[identity profile] pellegrina.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
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?

[identity profile] philmophlegm.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I did think about that, but decided to type the titles and authors of 100 fantasy novels instead!

[identity profile] inamac.livejournal.com 2012-08-09 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

Or jousting and the quintain...

Extreme ironing.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-08-10 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Standing jump.

Pigeon shooting.

Backwards walking.

Tug of war.

The Kirkwall Ba' game.

[identity profile] wellinghall.livejournal.com 2012-08-12 07:47 am (UTC)(link)
I would remove all the so-called "team" events that are nothing more than a collection of individuals. There are already national teams for these.

Relay running (for example) is fine, because that involves genuine interaction between the team members, but three-day eventing doesn't.
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