16-08-2004 11:48									#31
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quote: Originally posted by Sprayber --- I mean did they wake up one day and decide that they had some time to fill and added Beach volleyball. --- What I really want to see is sex apart of the games. ---

Did you even watch the ladies' beach volleyball?

	16-08-2004 12:47									#32
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quote: Originally posted by Jamski quote: Is there a professional tour for this? Well, since the olympics are supposed to be for AMATURE sportswomen and sportsmen..... -Jam

I know, I know... an olympics spelling bee!

	16-08-2004 16:15									#33
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I think forum trolling should be an olympic event.

	16-08-2004 17:14									#34
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There's plenty of so called sports that I sniff at on any other occasion, but when it's in the olympics I'm all of a sudden a die hard fan. It's great! well OK, perhaps there's a couple of sports I really can't watch even during the olympics. But those sports are few and far between.

	16-08-2004 17:59									#35
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What is with you? Softball and badminton are one of the best sports my school does at. Heck, we even have a National Badminton Association.

	16-08-2004 20:26									#36
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quote: There's plenty of so called sports that I sniff at on any other occasion, but when it's in the olympics I'm all of a sudden a die hard fan. It's great!

True dat. When its country vs. country it's much more fun than club team vs. club team!

	16-08-2004 20:37									#37
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui True dat. When its country vs. country it's much more fun than club team vs. club team!

Well, I wouldn't say that it has to do with that for me. It's just because it's the olympics!

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As for handball; while I'm hardly a fan, I'd say an american can't complain as they've included baseball...

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OK, I have to admit, sailing and anything including horses is not exacly my bag.

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As for sports that's no longer part of the olympics. I'd love to see tug-of-war being reintroduced!

	16-08-2004 21:23									#38
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tug of war!

And handball fricking rules.

	16-08-2004 21:48									#39
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Used to play handball in our Phys Ed.

Great game.

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Dodge Ball must be included or the entire games are a sham.

	16-08-2004 22:07									#41
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quote: Originally posted by Chemical Ollie Did you even watch the ladies' beach volleyball?

Yes and it was boring as hell... One of those sports that just don't really translate well over TV for me. I love baseball and softball but I can't for the life of me sit down and watch a game on TV.

Interestingly though, rowing sort of held my attention for a little bit.

I must admit this hand ball thing is turning out to be kind of interstesting, I wonder if it will be televised.

Badminton

	16-08-2004 22:24									#42
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Badminton is fun, man... watching the best do it, at least. The difference between average badminton and the best badminton is bigger than the difference between average table tennis and the best stuff.

	16-08-2004 22:44									#43
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quote: Dodge Ball must be included or the entire games are a sham.

i watch it all the time on the Ocho.

	16-08-2004 22:45									#44
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Denmark has already secured at least one medal in Badminton, as apparently both our mixed-doubles have reached the semifinals.

So we make it to the overall medals ranking this time around also.

	16-08-2004 22:55									#45
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I'd prefer to not have to watch sports like football, cycling and tennis where the olympics are considered a minor side-event. It's better to have small sports where everyone truly yearns for an olympic medal.

	16-08-2004 22:59									#46
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Well, Poker is lobbying real hard to become an Olympic sport, its probably just as qualified as some of the other lame stuff they've let in.

We need internet forum events!

"Spam Relay"
"Unsubstantiated Trolling"

	16-08-2004 23:00									#47
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chess also wants in as an olympic sport.

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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed chess also wants in as an olympic sport.

Okay, that's it. Axis & Allies needs to be let in if any boardgame makes it.

And the inevitable: Civ event.

	16-08-2004 23:04									#49
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tug of war was once an event.

so was golf.

	16-08-2004 23:07									#50
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quote: Originally posted by Q Cubed tug of war was once an event. so was golf.

Golf isn't even a sport.

	16-08-2004 23:12									#51
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Badminton's pretty cool. It requires a lot of physical action, and in case you didn't know the shuttle can be fired up till 300km/h, which is much faster than tennis balls for example .

I've played it a bit before and I must say it requires more tactics than tennis (which I regularly played, and still do at times).

The only bad thing about it is that there's no way an average player can beat a really good player. In football (soccer) and most other sports a bad player can beat a better opponent because of tight defense etc. In badminton that's really impossible, so most of the times it's a bit boring because you know the winner already

	16-08-2004 23:23									#52
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Opps, I was getting Badminton and Backgammon confused.

	16-08-2004 23:48									#54
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quote: Originally posted by Provost Harrison Seriously though, it has to be those walking competitions...if you want to go fast, run for christ's sake!

As soon as I saw the thread title, I had a flashback to 1996 in Atlanta, actually being on hand for the race walk finals. Every person in our group spent the entire time wondering what the hell the point was.

	17-08-2004 00:34									#55
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quote: Originally posted by Solomwi As soon as I saw the thread title, I had a flashback to 1996 in Atlanta, actually being on hand for the race walk finals. Every person in our group spent the entire time wondering what the hell the point was.

If you get out earlier enough you can see all the old people training for that in the local malls.

Kind of disturbing to see hundreds of people walking in circles inside the mall.

	17-08-2004 00:37									#56
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We actually left Dothan (3.5-4 hours from Atlanta by car) at around 12 am CT, so the bus would get us there in time for the 7 am ET start, so there wasn't time to take in the Phipps Plaza training rounds.

	17-08-2004 01:25									#57
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Handball has got to be one of the most fun sports to play.

I think the best recent addition to the Olympics has to be the triathalon. I'm actually amazed that wasn't in before - talk about pure athletic ability with no foo-foo factor.

The worst idea in recent memory was to have ballroom dancing as an Olympic sport. I can't quite recall, but wasn't it supposed to be a demonstration sport in some recent Olympics?

	17-08-2004 01:44									#58
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Since this is in Greece, couldn't they introduce endurance column sitting for IOC delegates. On the first day, place 120-something 20 ft. columns in the main stadium, one delegate on each, then when the games are concluded, check back to see who were the actual tough guys.

Spectators would have something to do in between events, "Oh, there goes Burkina Faso.", "No, get the popcorn later, Belgium's near the edge and just about to fall asleep."

	17-08-2004 04:28									#59
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quote: Originally posted by Kontiki I think the best recent addition to the Olympics has to be the triathalon.

Hands down. Nothing else is even close.


The following "sports" need to go: sync swimming, sync diving, shooting, table tennis, badminton, race walking.

I'm up in air about archery.

	17-08-2004 04:51									#60
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how about horse dressage. How ridiculous is that!!??