What sports should be dropped from the Olympics?
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denlp96 asked:
It seems to me that one of the problems with the Olympics is that too many non-sports (gymnastics, diving, etc,) are included. I would like to see the Olympics pared down to those sports which have objective parameters. In the discus, for example, the winner is the athlete who hurls the discus the farthest; the 100 yard dash goes to the first runner to cross the line.
The point is being missed. Yes, gymnastics and diving (and figure skating, etc.) require certain degrees of strength and agility; so do ball room dancing and ballet, but no one would call them sports. The point is that winning in gymnastics and its ilk is determined entirely arbitrarily. The winner in the lng jump is the person who jumps the farthest, no ifs ands or buts.
Dante
It seems to me that one of the problems with the Olympics is that too many non-sports (gymnastics, diving, etc,) are included. I would like to see the Olympics pared down to those sports which have objective parameters. In the discus, for example, the winner is the athlete who hurls the discus the farthest; the 100 yard dash goes to the first runner to cross the line.
The point is being missed. Yes, gymnastics and diving (and figure skating, etc.) require certain degrees of strength and agility; so do ball room dancing and ballet, but no one would call them sports. The point is that winning in gymnastics and its ilk is determined entirely arbitrarily. The winner in the lng jump is the person who jumps the farthest, no ifs ands or buts.
Dante
