Any other candidates for Olympic Sports?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/47317052

Breakdancing has been proposed for inclusion at the 2024 Olympics. What's next?

Ballroom dancing? Moonhopper obstacle course races? Video games? Ludo? Poker? Slow bicycle race?


When is an activity a sport that warrants Olympic status and not an art form or a pastime?


Any other 'sports' that we should suggest to the IOC?

pleas advice

Painting should be in the Olympics, like the community games all over again

Autecher

Saylor Kind Sympathy wrote: »

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/47317052

Breakdancing has been proposed for inclusion at the 2024 Olympics. What's next?

Ballroom dancing? Moonhopper obstacle course races? Video games? Ludo? Poker? Slow bicycle race?


When is an activity a sport that warrants Olympic status and not an art form or a pastime?


Any other 'sports' that we should suggest to the IOC?

I get sad at least once a day because of lack of Sumo wrestling in the olympics

metaoblivia

Paintball, ultimate frisbee, cheese rolling, a ninja warrior obstacle course. I'd watch all of those.

Mr. CooL ICE

Dancing like breakdancing and ballroom have no place in the Olympics. Getting a horse to dance - now THAT'S an Olympic sport!

Cordell

Saylor Kind Sympathy wrote: »

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/47317052

Breakdancing has been proposed for inclusion at the 2024 Olympics. What's next?

Hopefully getting rid of gymnastics and all other sports prone to child abuse.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

pleas advice wrote: »

Painting should be in the Olympics, like the community games all over again

It used to be in the Olympics, didn’t it? The first few modern Olympics, if I recall correctly.

BrokenArrows

Anything which is subjective should not be in the olympics.

Art, dancing etc. It all depends on the person.

Sports have a definitive set of rules and scores. Easily determined winners and losers.

SEPT 23 1989

Dueling with Heavy Hammers

Archeron

Speed Lego

mzungu

Dodgeball.

ohnonotgmail

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

It used to be in the Olympics, didn’t it? The first few modern Olympics, if I recall correctly.

Up until 1948. They should bring it back. We won a couple of medals for it.

JohnnyFlash

Darts

TheValeyard

Thunderdome or Hunger Games

Guy:Incognito

I dont watch sports that are judged and given Marks, bar a small bit of the diving. So less of those please. Add a couple where you score points directly or run faster/jump higher than your opponent to win.

PinotNero

Sulky racing. It may boost our medal tally

The Pheasant2

Tug of War would be a good one - would be cool to see and was already previously an olympic sport

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Up until 1948. They should bring it back. We won a couple of medals for it.

We won some Olympic medals for Poetry as well.

Witcher

Quazar

Pogs

Snap

titan18

Hurling. Win some medals then

Irish Guitarist

Competitive resealable cheese packet opening.

Duane Dibbley

Egg and spoon race

Sack race

Beasty

You can't beat a bit of Bully Bog Snorkling

RMAOK

Chess

Flower arrangement

Staring into space

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

RMAOK wrote: »

Chess

Flower arrangement

Staring into space

They considered, but rejected, Chess and Bridge for the 2020 games.

The head of World Chess even suggested using pieces made of ice, to have it included in the Winter Olympics.

blueberrypie

Kettlebells!

Beasty

Rollerball

Mefistofelino

Bring back town planning as an event

Cookie_Monster

airsoft

how does breakdancing get in but squash doesn't?

Pherekydes

blueberrypie wrote: »

Kettlebells!

Throwing them, or what?

Autecher

What about staring contests? They already have world championships

Pherekydes

Saylor Kind Sympathy wrote: »

They considered, but rejected, Chess and Bridge for the 2020 games.

Chess has its own Olympiad.

Your Face

There should be a special award for most PEDs absorbed by the human body.

Pauliedragon

Your Face wrote: »

There should be a special award for most PEDs absorbed by the human body.

I'd say that would end up a score draw by most countries.

Odhinn

Saylor Kind Sympathy wrote: »

https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/47317052

Breakdancing has been proposed for inclusion at the 2024 Olympics. What's next?

Ballroom dancing? Moonhopper obstacle course races? Video games? Ludo? Poker? Slow bicycle race?


When is an activity a sport that warrants Olympic status and not an art form or a pastime?


Any other 'sports' that we should suggest to the IOC?

German longsword school of fencing


Karate (Shotokan, kyokushin and related styles)


Field archery


Jousting


Jiu Jitsu


Kendo

Beasty

Pherekydes wrote: »

Throwing them, or what?

No! Catching - heaviest clean catch wins. Empty the pool and drop them from the top of the diving tower

DEFTLEFTHAND

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

Up until 1948. They should bring it back. We won a couple of medals for it.

Jack B Yeats won a silver medal in 1924.

Billy86

BrokenArrows wrote: »

Anything which is subjective should not be in the olympics.

Art, dancing etc. It all depends on the person.

Sports have a definitive set of rules and scores. Easily determined winners and losers.

Doesn't that rule out almost all of gymnastics and related sports? Might just be me, but though I never watch it gymnastics has always felt as naturally a part of the Olympics as the athletics and swimming races.

Feisar

MMA

salmocab

Anyone that’s ever worked in a warehouse will confirm that international pallet truck racing should be there, it’s the sport of kings.

Bio Mech

Odhinn wrote: »

German longsword school of fencing


Karate (Shotokan, kyokushin and related styles)


Field archery


Jousting


Jiu Jitsu


Kendo

So you like fighting eh.

BorneTobyWilde

Topless Darts

Or jsut plain Darts

Ekerot

Pro Wrestling, because why the hell not ?

feargale

Wife-carrying.

pleas advice

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

Topless Darts

That would never fly