propose a new olympic sport (serious suggestions only)

[SunWuKong]

at the risk of all kinds of parody sports being suggested in this thread, i want to ask everyone to suggest serious proposals for a new olympic sport. (start a joke version of this thread if anyone feels like it.)

my suggestion: horseback archery. contestants have to shoot an arrow at a target while riding.

wushu would also be nice. both sparring and forms.

[kurei kun]

one on one basketball :)

[hooligan]

skateboarding, we have that lame rowing event, let's have some extreme athletes.

[nonamerasian]

Double dutch.

[hooligan]

Double dutch.
Rap Battles.

[Craig]

rugby

[nonamerasian]

Dance.

[bigwong235]

lacrosse!

[hooligan]

Dance.
break dancing?

eating contests?

[ism]

Yo-yo: A, AA, AAA, Offstring, Freehand, Moebius

[ModernLogic]

How about swim across the pool and then strangle a guy?

[FrankieY18]

dodgeball? since it's getting so popular?

[SunWuKong]

ok, like i wrote in my original post:

at the risk of all kinds of parody sports being suggested in this thread, i want to ask everyone to suggest serious proposals for a new olympic sport. (start a joke version of this thread if anyone feels like it.)

i like the rugby and lacrosse suggestions. but i still like my horseback archery and wushu suggestions the most. :biggrin:

[younggiftedandblack]

ok, like i wrote in my original post:



i like the rugby and lacrosse suggestions. but i still like my horseback archery and wushu suggestions the most. :biggrin:

hmmmmm. For some reason I thought Lacrosse was already in the olympics.

The horseback archery sounds cool. Do they have horseback polo in there already?

I'd like to see bowling or pool. Maybe even Kick boxing.


Does anybody know how often they add or take away an event?

[SunWuKong]

hmmmmm. For some reason I thought Lacrosse was already in the olympics.

The horseback archery sounds cool. Do they have horseback polo in there already?

I'd like to see bowling or pool. Maybe even Kick boxing.


Does anybody know how often they add or take away an event?

bowling and kick boxing sound good. but i don't know about pool. that's like one of those sports that's not really a sport (i guess you can say the same about bowling). actually i don't know why they included shooting as an Olympic sport. although i'm happy that China racks up the medals in shooting.

Double dutch.

i heard a caller suggest this, too, on a morning radio show.

is there "official" competition double dutch?

[VV o n g B a]

is there "official" competition double dutch?yes. and its very impressive.

my suggestions: chess and f1 racing.

[Mr.Lum]

rugby

I agree. I also propose Golf.

[younggiftedandblack]

I agree. I also propose Golf.

Isn't Golf already in there? There's some sports named that I'm surprised aren't already in there.

[thaite]

Olympic staring contest

[SunWuKong]

Olympic staring contest

dude, serious suggestions only!

[nonamerasian]

Something fierce like the Iron Man competition.

[Hiroshi2]

dodgeball? since it's getting so popular?




Yes, dodgeball (and yes, I'm serious).



It'd be a lot more fun to watch than pole vaulting. Or golf for that matter.


I remember back in middle school when we played dodgeball we'd always throw hard as hell. There was this one little redneck kid named Martin, and whenever Martin got hit, he'd be like, "Y'all need to quit, just stop, you've had your fun." Of course we hit him again. And then he'd try to chase us down yelling "y'all are gonna stop hitting me!" We'd be laughing the whole time, hell even the gym teacher laughed his ass off. Those were good times. I'd like to see something like that in the Olympics :biggrin:

[nonamerasian]

Musical instrument competitions.

Maybe marching band?

[Faithless]

skateboarding, we have that lame rowing event, let's have some extreme athletes.
Skateboarding. Hm.

Inline skating, where they do those fantastic moves on the half pipes.

BMX biking.

Is mountain bike racing apart of it?

[bluemonq]

ultimate frisbee. have you *seen* some of the teams currently out there? that would be tight. good highlight reel stuff, too.

[bigwong235]

Something fierce like the Iron Man competition.

is there something similar in the olympics already? like a triathalon or decathalon? or some crazy -athon?


i'd like to see some intense hackysack/footbag. some of the stuff they do is nuts!

[hooligan]

I think all the sports need to go back to being old school, buck naked kind of things. Damnit, It'll be so hot.

[kuilong]

ultimate frisbee. have you *seen* some of the teams currently out there? that would be tight. good highlight reel stuff, too.

I agree. Ultimate rocks.

Oh, and cricket as well. Heck, they have baseball and softball; isn't cricket more popular anyway?

[ZiJing]

Ultimate rocks.

Ultimate would kick arse as an olympic sport.

but another suggestion would have to be ping pong.~!!! oh yea!

[seanp]

Ultimate would kick arse as an olympic sport.

but another suggestion would have to be ping pong.~!!! oh yea!
uhm it IS an olympic sport... and China just took all the gold medals from it this olympic

[ZiJing]

oh really?.....erm.........excuse me for my ignorance....^.^'''

[younggiftedandblack]

Olympic street basketball....??? (Something like the And-1 tour)....

Isn't that what the U.S. men are playing? :biggrin:

[Craig]

Olympic judge bribing ? Wait, don't they already have that contest ?

[nonamerasian]

I think all the sports need to go back to being old school, buck naked kind of things. Damnit, It'll be so hot.

Oh, hell yeah!

But the ladies should have the option to remain covered. :biggrin:

[SunWuKong]

uhm it IS an olympic sport... and China just took all the gold medals from it this olympic

not all. South Korea took men's singles.

(and by the way, HK won it's only medal so far in this event, a silver in men's doubles. :biggrin: )

[ZiJing]

wait......HK gets their own representation at the olympics?....isn't it part of china?

and if it does get its own rep. should've taiwan get representation too?

*ponders*

[seanp]

wait......HK gets their own representation at the olympics?....isn't it part of china?

and if it does get its own rep. should've taiwan get representation too?

*ponders*

Hong kong was the last one after Greek teams in the ceremony thingy.. and yea there is Chinese Taipei

[SunWuKong]

Hong kong was the last one after Greek teams in the ceremony thingy.. and yea there is Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei won the silver in men's team archery, and bronze in women's team archery.

looks like there was a bit of politicking going on. i don't think Taiwan was allowed to use its own flag...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/medaltracker/31CountryByTotal.html

i wonder what song would have played if Taiwan won gold? it would piss someone off if either the Taiwanese or Chinese song was played. :tongue:

[yoMAMA]

Chinese Taipei won the silver in men's team archery, and bronze in women's team archery.

looks like there was a bit of politicking going on. i don't think Taiwan was allowed to use its own flag...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/medaltracker/31CountryByTotal.html

i wonder what song would have played if Taiwan won gold? it would piss someone off if either the Taiwanese or Chinese song was played. :tongue:

Taiwan is China.

Republic of China :biggrin:

[deez nuts]

Taiwan is China.

Republic of China :biggrin:

/salute/

[kurei kun]

dunk contest would be sweet

[SunWuKong]

Taiwan is China.

Republic of China :biggrin:

i'll bet Ah Bian or a successor manages to change it to Republic of Taiwan in a few years.

[Faithless]

Some have wanted to see waterskiing as an Olympic sport.

http://waterski.about.com/library/weekly/aa090100.htm

List of current Athens sports.

http://www.athens2004.com/en/Sports/indexpage

Racquetball would be cool.

[kuilong]

Chinese Taipei won the silver in men's team archery, and bronze in women's team archery.

looks like there was a bit of politicking going on. i don't think Taiwan was allowed to use its own flag...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/medaltracker/31CountryByTotal.html

i wonder what song would have played if Taiwan won gold? it would piss someone off if either the Taiwanese or Chinese song was played. :tongue:

They would play the "National Flag Song (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Banner_Song)". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipei and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics.

[bluemonq]

looks like there was a bit of politicking going on. i don't think Taiwan was allowed to use its own flag...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2004/medaltracker/31CountryByTotal.html

i wonder what song would have played if Taiwan won gold? it would piss someone off if either the Taiwanese or Chinese song was played. :tongue:

^ what he said. also, taiwan hasn't been able to use it's own flag for a long time. what's more irritating is the entire bus-ad fiasco...

[Azn Retribution]

double baston/stick fighting since swords would be bloody.
or maybe staff fighting.
finally a sport the phillippines could dominate. :P

[hooligan]

double baston/stick fighting since swords would be bloody.
or maybe staff fighting.
finally a sport the phillippines could dominate. :P cock fighting? : D

or that martial art where they use the two sticks?

[Mr.Lum]

wait......HK gets their own representation at the olympics?....isn't it part of china?

and if it does get its own rep. should've taiwan get representation too?

*ponders*

Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are American colonies and have their own teams so Im not suprised...

[Cipherous]

Basketball dunk contest

[Faithless]

Basketball dunk contest
This would turn out to be the ugly dunk contest for the non US members. :frown:

[Kris]

i'm hoping for football to become a staple of the olympics. but of course that won't happen, cause we know no owner would let their star player risk injury in a non important game

[truMp]

yea i can only see football as the only next viable option, unless they come out with a new sport, which would be cool.

[kurei kun]

This would turn out to be the ugly dunk contest for the non US members. :frown:

france of all countries has better dunkers than the united states.

just heard that baseball might be out next time. sucks.

[BeTheReds]

Cricket, Lacrosse and American Football.

[hooligan]

the punkest punk band.

[Napoleon Chynamite]

underwater bowling

[Mr.Lum]

Cricket, Lacrosse and American Football.

Who else plays Pussyball- I mean football?

[BeTheReds]

Who else plays Pussyball- I mean football?


England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Mexico, Canada, and Japan to name a few...

[Azn Retribution]

cock fighting? : D

or that martial art where they use the two sticks?

it would be the latter.
lol

although cock fighting would be funny too... testing the cocks for drugs.

[Cipherous]

That'd be cool if the Olympics had a slam dunk contest and a three point shoot out.

[BeTheReds]

I think any sport that has a world championship or world cup should have its place in the olympics. This is why at the very least, Cricket, Rugby, and American Football belong in the Olympics.

[SunWuKong]

I think any sport that has a world championship or world cup should have its place in the olympics. This is why at the very least, Cricket, Rugby, and American Football belong in the Olympics.

then there are a lot of other sports that need to be included.

[Martino]

it would be the latter.
lol

although cock fighting would be funny too... testing the cocks for drugs.

Truth can be as equally strange as fiction:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cumbria/3666210.stm

Racing pigeon is tested for drugs

A pigeon from Cumbria is one of the first in the country to undergo a routine drug test after winning a race.
The Royal Pigeon Racing Association has sent away samples of droppings from the pigeon owned by Paul Kenney, from Flimby, Cumbria.

The droppings will be analysed for performance-enhancing steroids and hormones as part of new sport rules.

Mr Kenney says he is not worried about the test and does not believe drugs are being used in pigeon racing.


The association took samples from several birds from around the country but the pigeon belonging to Mr Kenney, who keeps pigeons with his father-in-law Joe Kennedy, was the first to be tested.

The bird was chosen after winning the 200-mile Derwent Valley Federation race from Cheltenham Racecourse.

Mr Kenney said: "If you are really frightened about getting your pigeons tested there is something wrong.

"I think 10 out of 10 of our racers will get their pigeons tested no problem. They would feel no guilt because I don't think there's any drugs in pigeon racing."

He said the bird had been tested in Belgium and Holland and he was "110% certain" there was nothing wrong with it.

He said he believed people who raced pigeons thought more of the birds' health than ruining them with drugs.

He said: "I think winning races is mainly through the feeding and motivation of pigeons."

Belgium is regarded as the home of pigeon racing, with 60,000 pigeon fanciers in a nation of 10 million.

In 2001 police raided the homes of 80 breeders and found what was believed to be traces of banned chemicals in bird feed.

Following the case, Begium breeders face a three-year ban from the sport for doping.