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What would you add to the Olympics if you could?

269 sats \ 13 comments \ @Aardvark 19 Mar AskSN

Honestly, gaming. I don't care what anyone says, if chess is a sport so is gaming.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 19 Mar

Neither of those are sports. Don't compound one mistake with another.

I think something like UFC is the most obvious oversight. We know who's the fastest, we know who's the strongest, and we know who can jump the highest, but we don't know who can kick everyone's ass. That's something our species should know about itself.

23 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd 19 Mar

Not worth the damage to any aspiring professional unfortunately.

It's not popular but I like wrestling. It's the OG olympic sport. I wish they had folkstyle wrestling but in freestyle they absurdly reduced the number of weight classes (compared to world championships), which leaves a lot of competitors without a natural weight class.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 20 Mar

My dad likes the wrestling too. He was a pretty good high school wrestler.

38 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 19 Mar

JOUSTING

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 19 Mar

That would be pretty amazing to watch. We should definitely bring jousting back.

42 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 19 Mar

We already have a variety of equestrian and martial sports. It only seems natural to combine the two.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @SevenOfNine 19 Mar

I'm with you on gaming. I'd like to see Dota 2 personally.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 19 Mar

Do we have a math Olympic game? I think that’d be cool.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 19 Mar

Like speed solving math problems? I'd watch that.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @zapsammy 19 Mar

there is running, jumping, swimming, climbing, even ski jumping/flying but there is no digging!

58 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 19 Mar

Live camera of olympic digging

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 20 Mar

it's going to be with laser cannons blasting thru various rock formations. that's how i think tunnels were constructed - some better, some worse. typically the older the tunnels the better they are constructed. might be that the young competitors were losing their flair.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitcoiner1 20 Mar

It will be fun to see, if in all events the organization choose a random person from the audience to participate in the event.

Just to demonstrate how good and prepare are the athletes versus the average Joe.