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What would you make an Olympic Sport?


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Bowling and darts--I just want to see the opening ceremonies with the beer guts on the darts & bowling teams!

(I know not all bowlers and dart players have beer guts--but many I see on TV do--It would be even better if they marched in with a beer stein in one hand)

I would love to see Pete Weber doing crotch chops and wearing shades in an olympic event.

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Golf shoudl be an Olympic Sport for sure

You hear there is a petition to make Poker an Olympic Sport now that will be ridiculous.

Well Poker is kind of a good choice for an exhibition sport, considering that Ball Room Dancing was once considered to be an Olympic "Sport".

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Some thoughts:

1. Running the 100m backwards

2. Frisbee "Guts" or "Ultimate"

3. Stone skipping

4. "Crab" Soccer

5. Dodgeball

6. Holding your breath underwater

7. Marathon "Risk" games

8. Water balloon toss & catch

9. Jarts

10. the 1971 Ford Pinto "push and pull" contest

:rolleyes:

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aussie, you were very close...

Summer Games:

Men: Must be widely practiced in at least 75 countries and on 4 continents

Women: Must be widely practiced in at least 40 countries and on 3 continents

Winter Games:

Men/Women: Must be widely practiced in at least 25 countries and on 3 continents

Here is a list of past Olympic Sports from the International Olympic Committee:

Olympic Sports of the Past

An interesting fact is that the current Olympic Rugby Union Champion is the United States. Rugby was included as a sport in four Olympic Games (1900, 1908, 1920, 1924), and the United States claimed gold medals in both the 1920 and 1924 Games. Shortly after the 1924 Olympics the International Olympic Committee (IOC) removed rugby as an Olympic sport.

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Didn't Monty Python's Flying Circus do a sketch involving a hide-and-seek in the Olympics?

"I better go take a long walk off a short pier or something."

Some people on this bolard have told me to do just that.

My "Ron Mexico" alias is "Jon Tobago".

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Actually, Tug-Of-War was an Olympic sport early in the 20th Century for the record.

They used to have all kinds of cool sports in the Olympics! :P They had plunge for distance swimming, Roque, tug-of-war, Cricket and a swimming obstacle race!

I'd love to see Cricket in the Olympics... plus that Swimming Obstacle Race sounds extremely entertaining! :)

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You guys have just given me the BEST idea!

Olympic paintball. At last the only activity I could possibly even dream of winning a medal in.

Sweet.

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Roller Hockey!!! I was an experimental sport in Atlanta 8 years ago. (It's been 8 years already? WOW) You can get them crossover from ice to roller.

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