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I am of the opinion that there are too many sports in today's Olympics. Some, especially speedwalking, definitely don't belong there. On another thread, I jokingly mentioned a few silly (some made-up) sports that would soon be part of the Olympics at the current rate. This thread is for you to mention current undeserving "sports", or to think of your own silly sports to add.
Here are mine...
Synchronized Paragliding: kind of like synchronized swimming, but the contestants perform there moves while hanging from parasails.
Downhill tumbling: roll yourself into a ball and tumble downhill as fast as you can while avoiding obstacles.
Speedcrawling: two events. The athletes lie on their stomachs. All propulsion must be done with the hands and not the feet.
Hide-and-go-seek: Members of one country are it, all others hide. Whichever team has the last non-tagged person surviving gets a point and becomes "it". After one hour, whoever has the most points wins.
Foosball: you may think foosball is not a sport. When you see how fast these guys can hit the ball (without spinning their men, which is illegal), and how accurately they can make the ball rebound off of several walls, you'll change your mind.
Arm wrestling: needs little explanation. Everyone knows how this works. But remember the athletes must always keep their wrists aligned straight with respect to their forearms - no bending!
Ostrich racing: the difficulty of controlling the ostrich while riding makes this much more entertaining than sprints, marathons, ski races, or bicycle races.
-StatMan
Here are mine...
Synchronized Paragliding: kind of like synchronized swimming, but the contestants perform there moves while hanging from parasails.
Downhill tumbling: roll yourself into a ball and tumble downhill as fast as you can while avoiding obstacles.
Speedcrawling: two events. The athletes lie on their stomachs. All propulsion must be done with the hands and not the feet.
Hide-and-go-seek: Members of one country are it, all others hide. Whichever team has the last non-tagged person surviving gets a point and becomes "it". After one hour, whoever has the most points wins.
Foosball: you may think foosball is not a sport. When you see how fast these guys can hit the ball (without spinning their men, which is illegal), and how accurately they can make the ball rebound off of several walls, you'll change your mind.
Arm wrestling: needs little explanation. Everyone knows how this works. But remember the athletes must always keep their wrists aligned straight with respect to their forearms - no bending!
Ostrich racing: the difficulty of controlling the ostrich while riding makes this much more entertaining than sprints, marathons, ski races, or bicycle races.
-StatMan
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