Anyone else think these Olympics are going to suck?

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: LeadMagnet
Some sports that they tried but didn't make it.

American Football: 1932, Los Angeles

Australian Rules Football: 1956, Melbourne

Badminton: 1972. Official Medal sport in Barcelona, 1992

Basque pelota: 1924,1968 & 1992

Bandy: (Soccer on ice) 1952 Winter Games in Oslo, Norway

Budo: (Japanese archery/wrestling/fencing) 1964, Tokyo

Curling: 1924, 1932, 1936, 1964 & 1988 Winter Games.

Dog Sled Racing: 1932, Lake Placid, U.S.A.

Field Handball: 1952, Helsinki, Finland

Gliding: 1936, Berlin

Korfball: 1928, Amsterdam

Kayaking and Canadian Canoeing: 1924, Paris

Lacrosse: 1928, Amsterdam, 1932, Los Angeles, 1948, London

Military Patrol: (Led to Biathlon in 1960) 1924,1928,1936,1948 Winter Games

Roller Hockey: 1992, Barcelona

Taekwando: 1992, Barcelona

Water Skiing: 1972, Munich, Germany.

Winter Pentathlon (X-country & downhill skiing/pistol/fencing/horse riding) 1948

Women's Judo: 1988. Official Medal sport in Barcelona, 1992

A bunch of those are now official medal sports though, like basketball, baseball, and curling., IIRC.

 

[Karsten]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: kalster
there is more to the olympics than just US athletes you know

true, but cheering and watching one's own country and its athletes is part of the fun. I like seeing the 100 meter dash...I love watching an American come in first, just as a Russian would love to see Russia come in first.

Yeah... if you lucky you like the sport that the all rights holder NBC deems newsworthy. Their coverage sucks so bad it isn't even funny!

 

[chrisms]

Whatever happened to Michael Johnson? Or was it Jackson.. I don't know but he was a running machine