Sports that shouldn't be in the Olympics

[deptfordmarmoset]

Easier to put what should be IN the summer Olympics; running, swimming, boxing, cycling, chucking stuff, jumping over high things, jumping into sand, hop-skip and jumping into sand, riding bikes, chucking opponents around dressed in white pyjamas...that's about it. NO horses, jumping OFF things into water, pratting around on a mat/with mates in a swimming pool while wearing clothes pegs on the nose, gawf, tennis, guns, hockey, poncing about in boats. I should be the king of the Olympics, me.

Your queen might not agree....

 

[cisamcgu]

Also this

1. The white guy in the first photo is Australian, who borrowed a badge from another African American to support the other athletes when he found out what they were protesting, and in personal protest against the White Australia policy - that's why they are all wearing the same badge. He wasn't sanctioned by the IOC, but was vilified by the Australian press. Sadly, until now I had never heard of Peter Norman he doesn't even have a wikipedia page. I may remedy that later.

Yes he does
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norman

 

[User32269]

Keep ping pong, but only let convicts out to play it. Ever played someone who's done a long stretch? Greased lightning man.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Anything that allows cheating via drugs.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Anything that allows cheating via drugs.

That'll be the entire* Russian Winter Olympic and Paralympic team then!




* - Obviously open to debate.

 

[User482]

Not at all. It's a recognition that where you have judges you have politics and corruption. Where you simply have citius, altius, fortius you have objective decision-making.

Not too different from refereeing, then.

 

[jefmcg]

Yes he does
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Norman

Fool me for searching on my phone. I don't know how I missed that. I just tried all the different ways I could have mistaken the link, and all of them lead to that page (which has been on WP for a while).

Embarrassed. Thanks.

(I was not surprised there was nothing, as the first time I heard of Ossie Nicholson who held the one year cycling record twice, he was only on wikipedia German, not English)

 

[slowmotion]

The Olympics should include speed solo free-climbing.
[media]
]View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e0yXMa708Y[/media]

 

[Racing roadkill]

Cycling, it's rubbish.

 

[Accy cyclist]

I'd like to see this in the Olympics.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znLPAleeyz4

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Cycling, it's rubbish.

By far the most sensible comment I have seen on this thread yet!!

 

[PaulB]

Your queen might not agree....

I'll ring her and see. Have you got her number there?

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I'll ring her and see. Have you got her number there?

No, but have you tried directory enquieries?

 

[vickster]

Another vote for binning anything judged. Except the diving cos those cossies look so good

Especially the boys ones...do need a magnifying glass though to see some of those teeny speedos...
And bring back proper trunks for the swimming, not those unpadded cycling shorts!

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Why ban anything?

Let them all in.