Since we are in the middle of the summer Olympics, this top 5 will be five events that need to be revoked from the olympics. Before you think I am bashing the olympics, I am not. I love wathcing the olympics. I just think there are a couple sports that maybe need to be taken away. Maybe there needs to be some new ones put in...maybe a top 5 for another day. To make this a little harder, it has to be events from this year's summer olympics. Here is a list of the events.
1. Walking events (all) - Listen. It is not even walking. The 31 mile race record time is 4 hours...or under an 8 minute mile. Basically, someone came up with these weird rules around racing because they were slow and now it is an event. Great.
2. Sychronized swimming - These people hold their breath for minutes at a time. I am not saying it is not tough. It is up to the judges in the end. I find it not very exciting to watch. Next.
3. Synchronized diving - In general, growing up I loved diving. I am not as big a fan now. I still enjoy regular diving. Synchronized...really...Why stop at 2 people? Why not 8? Drop it.
4. Sailing - Unless John Candy is throwing frozen fish fry overboard to win this race, it does not belong!
5. BMX biking - We have road race (like the Tour de France). We have mountain bike race in trails. Do we really need BMX biking too? Go back to the X games!
I am a little shocked that the shooting events are not in my top 5. To be honest, gymnastics are on my bad side these days. Anything that is left up to a judge is a problem in general. After last night seeing the balance beam, the judges were totally helping the Chinese. I digress...
Anyway, here are my events. A quick notes.
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1. Walking events (I didn't even realize they had these)
2. Table tennis
3. Badminton
4. Shooting
5. BMX biking
I picked these because they are all events I don't watch and wouldn't miss if they were eliminated.
1. Shooting
2. BMX biking - really?
3. Badminton
4. Taekwondo
5. Handball
1. Fencing
2. Badminton
3. Equestrian or Modern Pentathlon
4. Sailing
5. Walking
If I had a 6 & 7, they would be synchronized swimming & Rythmic Gymnastics, but certainly not regular gymnastics. It's the only thing I watch! Actually last night I was watching synchronized diving. It was pretty entertaining.
How about doing away with the whole F'n thing and replacing them with sports people actually care about, watch, and participate in on the weekends. Bottom line- the Olympics SUCK!. I'm proud to say I have not watched one second. Can't wait until Phelps loses. Sick of hearing his name. It's not a sport if it doesn't have a ball or puck or takes place in a ring.
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