Your favourite Olympic sport (to watch) so far?

Sami
Sami Posts: 4,634
edited August 2008 in The Clubhouse
Mine has definitely been Badminton. Exciting and very entertaining games. Honorable mention to womens sand volleyball :).

Tennis has been boring, swimming is never exciting, and I don't really care for basketball either. Judo has been ok but I haven't seen any good greco-roman matches.

Also watched an interesting document about "the bloodiest game in Olympic history."
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited August 2008
    Sami wrote: »
    swimming is never exciting

    Did you see the mens 4x100 relay? How could it get more exciting?

    I will say that it seems like there are a TON of swimming events. Each stroke/medley/distance/relay... must account for half of the medals.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited August 2008
    Personally, I'm all for Swimming and Gymnastics......but haven't seen all that much with workin and all........
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  • haimoc
    haimoc Posts: 1,031
    edited August 2008
    Basketball and gymnastics are the best to watch so far..
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited August 2008
    Gymnastics is exciting but I really hate events that are solely determined by "judges". Subjectivity and bias are impossible to remove.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited August 2008
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    Did you see the mens 4x100 relay? How could it get more exciting?

    I will say that it seems like there are a TON of swimming events. Each stroke/medley/distance/relay... must account for half of the medals.

    Yep, one of the reasons why Phelps is now in the group of the greats (Nurmi, Lewis etc). Not that he isn't a great swimmer, just that he has the benefit of zillion events to get there. Runners have tons too but not that many.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited August 2008
    I don't understand how there are all these world records being broken in swimming, as if they wouldn't have done it throughout every single year that they go to all of these swimming events.
    comment comment comment comment. bitchy.
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited August 2008
    LZR Speedo
    Forty-eight world records -- including short course and long course -- have come from swimmers wearing the suit.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2008
    It's the new Speedo outfits.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited August 2008
    swimming (Phelps last night dominating, 4X100 was awesome, Coughlin's finish)
    badminton (not an easy sport to play, fast paced, they swing so hard and are so quick)
    indoor volleyball (violent spikes)
    women's beach volleyball (less violent spikes, more scenery)
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2008
    Has anyone seen that Artemev guy on the pommel horse?

    Absolutely amazing stuff.

    Here's a video from the other night.
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  • brettw22
    brettw22 Posts: 7,623
    edited August 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    It's the new Speedo outfits.
    bah........that suit defeats the whole purpose for watching swimming......lol........sorry.
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  • demaples
    demaples Posts: 266
    edited August 2008
    The boxing was good last night.

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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2008
    Uhh... women's beach volleyball.
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  • carpenter
    carpenter Posts: 362
    edited August 2008
    I'm impressed the target shooting events.
    From what I've seen the Russians are Phelps'ing the Georgian team this year.
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  • jdhdiggs
    jdhdiggs Posts: 4,305
    edited August 2008
    brettw22 wrote: »
    I don't understand how there are all these world records being broken in swimming, as if they wouldn't have done it throughout every single year that they go to all of these swimming events.


    Aside from the suits (which have been in play for longer than just the olympics), it's also how they train to peak at the right time. The human body can only be at it's peak for a short period of time before it starts breaking down. They all set themselves up to peak now and not at the world championships or US trials as the only time most people give a rats **** about swimming is at the olympics. Speed skating follows the same routines.
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  • zingo
    zingo Posts: 11,258
    edited August 2008
    10m Air Pistol

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  • DeusExa
    DeusExa Posts: 491
    edited August 2008
    SWIM!!!!!!!!

    It should be renamed PHELPSWIM...


    Seriously, 3 golds, 3 world records smashed....the 400m IM and 200 free, he was like a body length ahead of everyone....the 4x100 relay was one of the greatest comebacks ever, by Lezak.

    Phelps pretty much breaks every world record these days......perseverance and talent, he's got both. The guy is a serious otherworlder...

    But I got 2nd place at SoCal Swim Amateur Athletic Foundation, division breaststroke, 100m....so I know how it's like....

    Park Tae-hwan was great too....Korea's first swim gold for like forever...
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2008
    Brett I think you're watching men's swimming for the same reason I'm watching womens gymnastics...
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited August 2008
    Sami wrote: »
    Mine has definitely been Badminton. Exciting and very entertaining games. Honorable mention to womens sand volleyball :)[/URL]

    Badminton for me as well. Maybe that's because I was on my high school's badminton team (as a bench warmer).
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited August 2008
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    Brett I think you're watching men's swimming for the same reason I'm watching womens gymnastics...

    Sorry. Twelve year olds from China don't really do it for me:p
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2008
    pairs diving was cool..
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2008
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    Brett I think you're watching men's swimming for the same reason I'm watching womens gymnastics...

    Is that stuff legal in your state?
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2008
    Sami wrote: »
    Yep, one of the reasons why Phelps is now in the group of the greats (Nurmi, Lewis etc). Not that he isn't a great swimmer, just that he has the benefit of zillion events to get there. Runners have tons too but not that many.

    Sprinters have lots of events to work with. Long distance people have only a couple at most that they can really focus on.

    I'm not bitter. Really.
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2008
    The girl I saw yesterday was 22! I didn't know there were 12 yr olds....
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited August 2008
    Any event that ****-slaps the frogs!:eek::D
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2008
    I would prefer the badminton as well, but I've yet to manage to catch any. Badminton is the only sport I've ever been able to seriously get into playing and then play it regularly. Yeah, I like golf, too, but never play it regularly. I played badminton two times a week for a few years. AWESOME sport.
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  • AdamRagland
    AdamRagland Posts: 521
    edited August 2008
    is it just me or was the women's fencing completely UNimpressive? My brother and i both were watching it and it looked like a couple skiddish cats trying to claw each other.
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited August 2008
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    Sprinters have lots of events to work with.

    100m, 200m, 400m. Plus relays. Nothing compared to the swimming events.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited August 2008
    Sami wrote: »
    100m, 200m, 400m. Plus relays. Nothing compared to the swimming events.

    Plus long jump, high jump, triple jump, pole vault. Long distance runners suck at all those too.
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  • tryrrthg
    tryrrthg Posts: 1,896
    edited August 2008
    I'm looking forward to women's javelin. ;)

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    Seriously though, since I was a track and cross country guy in high school and college I can't wait for track and field to start!
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