Sports no longer at the Olympics.

[Taltarzac725]

What sport would you like brought back to the Olympics? Tug-of-war, cricket, hot air balloon racing, deep diving, chariot racing, jai alai, polo, motor boating, dog sled racing, etc.


Chariot racing was very big at the ancient Olympics but eventually removed. Probably because of the deaths of horses and people.

[Arctic Fox]

What sport would you like brought back to the Olympics? Tug-of-war, cricket, hot air balloon racing, deep diving, chariot racing, jai alai, polo, motor boating, dog sled racing, etc.

Live pigeon shooting (Paris, 1900 - they missed a trick not bringing it back this Games)

[tophcfa]

Well, now that they have break dancing as an Olympic event apparently being a sport is not required to be considered an Olympic event. One can only imagine what will be next?

[Taltarzac725]

Well, now that they have break dancing as an Olympic event apparently being a sport is not required to be considered an Olympic event. One can only imagine what will be next?

They seem to be targeting very young people with many of these added sports.

They passed on bowling.

[tophcfa]

They seem to be targeting very young people with many of these added sports.

They passed on bowling.

It’s all about $$$. Our generation is not the target market they are trying to attract. Pretty soon they will have video gaming as an Olympic event and spectators will be able to bet on the competition.

[Topspinmo]

Well, now that they have break dancing as an Olympic event apparently being a sport is not required to be considered an Olympic event. One can only imagine what will be next?

They will go with what’s popular and bring in money. After all that’s what’s it’s All about money and under table benefits for the committee.

[Velvet]

Well, now that they have break dancing as an Olympic event apparently being a sport is not required to be considered an Olympic event. One can only imagine what will be next?

Plein air painting? If we can have dancing then why not push the boundaries a little more?

[Stu from NYC]

Capture the flag

[ThirdOfFive]

Women's chocolate pudding wrestling.

Hot dog eating.

[BubblesandPat]

I'm sure we will see pickleball in the future...

[Taltarzac725]

I see that break dancing has certain basic moves and the like. I will admit I know little of the sport.

[Caymus]

Cricket will be an event if India is ever the host country.

[Two Bills]

Cheese rolling downhill racing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvuktushEhY&t=36s

[Stu from NYC]

Women's chocolate pudding wrestling.

Hot dog eating.

Mud wrestling

[Marathon Man]

Well, now that they have break dancing as an Olympic event apparently being a sport is not required to be considered an Olympic event. One can only imagine what will be next?

At first, I thought, "Breaking, are you kidding?" Then I realized that breaking is not unlike figure skating and gymnastics. Requires strength, skill, and lots of practice. And if they have air rifle, why not breaking.

[Caymus]

LA 2028 will have flag football, squash, baseball, softball, cricket and lacrosse. I think most of them were invented in the US or North America.

[Rapscallion St Croix]

Get rid of all subjectively judged events...sorry, Simone.

[Stu from NYC]

Get rid of all subjectively judged events...sorry, Simone.

Understand but that is a huge number of events

[La lamy]

Definitely not nude athletics!!! That was supposedly a thing for the Greeks back then.
"From the early 8th century BC, Olympic athletes competed in the nude. There are indisputable records going back to Athenian philosopher Plato in the 5th century BC and even Homer's Iliad, as well as many explicit drawings that confirm it was common practice for all male track and field athletes to take part naked." :ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

[bowlingal]

Bowling!! Why it has never been a sport in the Olympics is a mystery and sports I never heard of are included.

[Caymus]

Bowling!! Why it has never been a sport in the Olympics is a mystery and sports I never heard of are included.

I think the last time was in Seoul.

[BubblesandPat]

Definitely not nude athletics!!! That was supposedly a thing for the Greeks back then.
"From the early 8th century BC, Olympic athletes competed in the nude. There are indisputable records going back to Athenian philosopher Plato in the 5th century BC and even Homer's Iliad, as well as many explicit drawings that confirm it was common practice for all male track and field athletes to take part naked." :ohdear::ohdear::ohdear:

I know off subject .. but did you know the Greeks felt a man with a small um member was considered a man who was a great athelic and intelligence. Was considered the perfect man. That's why these statues have small....

[maistocars]

Pickleball (as a new sport)! Certainly beats "Breaking."

[LeRoySmith]

the Greeks felt a man with a small um member was considered a man who was a great athelic and intelligence. Was considered the perfect man. That's why these statues have small....


Oh no! I always thought those statues were well endowed. 😥

[LoisR]

How about poker and dice?

[rsmurano]

How many break dance in the world? A few thousand? Is it athletic? He’ll no! How many people play pickleball? Hundreds of millions of people world wide. Is it athletic? At the upper levels? Yes!
The Olympics this year have been a joke starting with that idiotic last supper. When are the adults going to start running the world again?

[LeRoySmith]

When are the adults going to start running the world again?

Soon I hope.

[Lisanp@aol.com]

Baseball, softball…their absence is unwelcome.

[Haggar]

Is archery or shooting athletic? Is golf athletic? Much as I don't like breaking in the olympic events it certainly is more physical than many of the other "sports".

[Taltarzac725]

Men and women were a lot shorter on average during the Ancient Greek Olympics. And probably had shorter ding-a-lings.

[kcwhel]

Pole dancing

[Velvet]

Is archery or shooting athletic? Is golf athletic? Much as I don't like breaking in the olympic events it certainly is more physical than many of the other "sports".

I watched my first “break dancing” without realizing what it was as I was surfing through the channels. Two young ladies looked like they were in some sort of agony writhing and twisting and then somehow triumphant near the end. I was surprised. One got gold and the other silver. And when the Olympics does that, in my opinion, they bring down the value of every single other medal awarded because they are diluting the definition of “sport”.

[Marathon Man]

Get rid of all subjectively judged events...sorry, Simone.

Judging has been vastly improved. They now watch slo mo video and agree on certain points before submitting scores. Controversy is gone.

[Marathon Man]

I watched my first “break dancing” without realizing what it was as I was surfing through the channels. Two young ladies looked like they were in some sort of agony writhing and twisting and then somehow triumphant near the end. I was surprised. One got gold and the other silver. And when the Olympics does that, in my opinion, they bring down the value of every single other medal awarded.

It's 'breaking' not 'break dancing'. The many fans of it would disagree with your assessment. I watched the gold medal match. I like to be open to new things.

[Two Bills]

LA 2028 will have flag football, squash, baseball, softball, cricket and lacrosse. I think most of them were invented in the US or North America.

Squash and cricket were first played in England, and cricket definitely should be kept out of Olympic Games, unless the twenty over format.
Squash would make a change. A very fast, sweaty game, needing lots of beer to recover from when finishing. :icon_wink:

[Velvet]

It's 'breaking' not 'break dancing'. The many fans of it would disagree with your assessment. I watched the gold medal match. I like to be open to new things.

“A rose by any other name…” thank you for correcting me. To me “breaking” always means breaking a dish or something.

[LeRoySmith]

Breakdancing - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakdancing)


According to this it was breakdancing but breaking became the preferred name. It sounds like some folks take the previous name 'breakdancing' as an insult. Go figure