Favorite Olympic Sports, in order.

[Aloha Hoosier]

Swimming
Track and Field
Women’s Gymnastics
Women’s Beach Volleyball
Basketball
Men’s Gymnastics
Boxing and Wrestling (tie)
Regular volleyball
Water polo

I like to watch obscure events occasionally.

I’m sure I missed some. What are yours?

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

No one here is watching the Olympics? I find it very enjoyable. USA! USA!

 

[WhyisIUBBcursed]

T&F
Women’s gymnastics
Soccer
Swimming/Diving
Water polo
Beach volleyball
Basketball

Anything but break dancing

 

[hookyIU1990]

Anything but break dancing

No baseball, but there's break dancing.

I can't put them in order, but I really enjoy watching:

Hoops (mens)
Fencing
All the umarmed combat stuff (Judo, karate, wrestling, taekwondo, etc)
Some of the gymnastics events (gotta have some apparatus involved)
Swimming
Diving (not synchronized)
Rugby
T&F
Canoe and Kayak
Rowing
Volleyball (all of it)
Cycling (all of it)
Archery & Shooting

 

[Harry Hondo]

When I was a kid I liked track and field and had a fascination with watching the Soviet weightlifter, Alekseyev. Boxing was a favorite too, when I was a kid in the 70’s.

Now, track and field and swimming are the most exciting to me.

 

[hoot1]

Swimming
Track and Field
Women’s Gymnastics
Women’s Beach Volleyball
Basketball
Men’s Gymnastics
Boxing and Wrestling (tie)
Regular volleyball
Water polo

I like to watch obscure events occasionally.

I’m sure I missed some. What are yours?

Track & Field
Basketball
Swimming
Women's Beach Volleyball
Women's Gymnastics

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

No baseball, but there's break dancing.

I can't put them in order, but I really enjoy watching:

Hoops (mens)
Fencing
All the umarmed combat stuff (Judo, karate, wrestling, taekwondo, etc)
Some of the gymnastics events (gotta have some apparatus involved)
Swimming
Diving (not synchronized)
Rugby
T&F
Canoe and Kayak
Rowing
Volleyball (all of it)
Cycling (all of it)
Archery & Shooting

I forgot wrestling.

 

[outside shooter]

Track and field
Swimming
Basketball
Skateboarding
Diving
Beach Volleyball
Women's gymnastics (My wife has this as #1, so we will watch every second)

 

[T.M.P.]

Swimming
Track and Field
Women’s Gymnastics
Women’s Beach Volleyball
Basketball
Men’s Gymnastics
Boxing and Wrestling (tie)
Regular volleyball
Water polo

I like to watch obscure events occasionally.

I’m sure I missed some. What are yours?

Favorites ..
Basketball
Futball
LaCrosse

Will watch if on ...
Women's Beach Volleyball
Women's Futball
Women's basketball
Table Tennis
Archery

 

[T.M.P.]

My wife has this as #1, so we will watch every second

Yeah yeah ... you're just perving on the little girls like everyone else. VBG.

 

[outside shooter]

Yeah yeah ... you're just perving on the little girls like everyone else. VBG.

Much prefer the grown up beach volleyball players. Though I guess it was too cold for bikini bottoms today

 

[Noodle]

Favorites ..
Basketball
Futball
LaCrosse

Will watch if on ...
Women's Beach Volleyball
Women's Futball
Women's basketball
Table Tennis
Archery

Um, lacrosse has not been in the Olympics since 1908.

It will return in LA in 2028.

 

[T.M.P.]

Um, lacrosse has not been in the Olympics since 1908.

It will return in LA in 2028.

I thought it was this year, I saw it on a listing of sports and was looking forward to it.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

I'm a big volleyball guy and I found myself watching handball, which was enjoyable.

As far as the more mainstream Olympic sports, I'll watch some basketball and swimming, but if track is on, I'm generally glued.

 

[hickorytree1]

Swimming
Track and Field
Women’s Gymnastics
Women’s Beach Volleyball
Basketball
Men’s Gymnastics
Boxing and Wrestling (tie)
Regular volleyball
Water polo

I like to watch obscure events occasionally.

I’m sure I missed some. What are yours?

Swimming/Diving, largely because of IU's presence. Golf is up there too.

 

[Standard Issue]

Anything that doesn't require judging.

 

[Indyhorn]

I enjoy the Winter Olympics more in main, but will watch Track and Field, golf, wrestling, boxing, and gymnastics in summer games.

 

[UncleMark]

I enjoy the Winter Olympics more in main, but will watch Track and Field, golf, wrestling, boxing, and gymnastics in summer games.

Curling is my new winter favorite. Canuck bride turned me on to it. Plus, they have a lot of babes.

 

[outside shooter]

complete look at the 45 sports that will be taking place at the 2024 Paris Olympics, in alphabetical order:

Archery
Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic Swimming
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Basketball 3x3
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Breaking
Canoe Slalom
Canoe Spring
Cycling BMX Freestyle
Cycling BMX Racing
Cycling Mountain Bike
Cycling Road
Cycling Track
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Golf
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Marathon Swimming
Modern Pentathlon
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rowing
Rugby Sevens
Sailing
Shooting
Skateboarding
Sport Climbing
Surfing
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Trampoline
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling.

I forgot about a few of those. Trampolining 4 years ago was AMAZING.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I'm a big volleyball guy and I found myself watching handball, which was enjoyable.

As far as the more mainstream Olympic sports, I'll watch some basketball and swimming, but if track is on, I'm generally glued.

Track is my favorite. Sprinters. Most of the Olympics I find boring. I think I prefer winter

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

complete look at the 45 sports that will be taking place at the 2024 Paris Olympics, in alphabetical order:

Archery
Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic Swimming
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Basketball 3x3
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Breaking
Canoe Slalom
Canoe Spring
Cycling BMX Freestyle
Cycling BMX Racing
Cycling Mountain Bike
Cycling Road
Cycling Track
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Football
Golf
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Marathon Swimming
Modern Pentathlon
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Rowing
Rugby Sevens
Sailing
Shooting
Skateboarding
Sport Climbing
Surfing
Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Trampoline
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling.

I forgot about a few of those. Trampolining 4 years ago was AMAZING.

That’s a very long list. I won’t watch any of many of those. 😎

 

[Big Red Crimson Buffalo]

The opening ceremony was exactly what you would expect from the limp-wristed French.

Paris is a pit.
I wish they had included a couple more sketches representing their history including a trans Hitler force feeding a croissant to one of the organizers.

 

[WhyisIUBBcursed]

The opening ceremony was exactly what you would expect from the limp-wristed French.

Paris is a pit.
I wish they had included a couple more sketches representing their history including a trans Hitler force feeding a croissant to one of the organizers.

Gay Paree. Of course it was what we’d expect

 

[outside shooter]

I loved hearing about the "outrage* on the right about what they THOUGHT was a tranny depiction of The Last Supper.

Only... it WASN'T.

It was a depiction of an ancient Greek event termed the Bacchanalia, because, you know, the Olympics are ancient and Greek. Surprise!

And if you didn’t know, a Bacchanalia is an uncontrollably promiscuous, extravagant, and loud party. The parties often spanned several days which honored the god of wine, Bacchus (the blue guy covered in grape vines). He is also known as Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, later known as the god of wine and pleasure.

The scene that was recreated is from a famous French renaissance painting.

If some on the far right weren’t so busy trying to end the Dept. of Education, they might know this and loosen the clutch on their pearls.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Track is my favorite. Sprinters. Most of the Olympics I find boring. I think I prefer winter

For sure.

I find myself seeking out the more out there events that aren't generally main stream (ping pong, water polo, handball, ect). Not real big into the other stuff that I can see anytime I want.

Is trampoline still an Olympic sport? I seem to remember watching it sometime ago and was wowed.

 

[mcmurtry66]

For sure.

I find myself seeking out the more out there events that aren't generally main stream (ping pong, water polo, handball, ect). Not real big into the other stuff that I can see anytime I want.

Is trampoline still an Olympic sport? I seem to remember watching it sometime ago and was wowed.

Me too on goofy sports

 

[mcmurtry66]

For sure.

I find myself seeking out the more out there events that aren't generally main stream (ping pong, water polo, handball, ect). Not real big into the other stuff that I can see anytime I want.

Is trampoline still an Olympic sport? I seem to remember watching it sometime ago and was wowed.

I mean it’s hard to go from soccer where it’s just 90 minutes of nonstop edge of your seat action to this stuff.

Do they still have that bike race where everyone tries to go in a circle as slowly as they can, just like a slow walk, almost coming to a stop, until the last 50 feet then they go like maniacs? I like that. It’s suspenseful. Tho I guess they could just make the race 50 feet. But whatever. This way has drama

 

[mcmurtry66]

Men’s field hockey? How is that possible?

 

[Baller23Boogie]

I mean it’s hard to go from soccer where it’s just 90 minutes of nonstop edge of your seat action to this stuff.

Do they still have that bike race where everyone tries to go in a circle as slowly as they can, just like a slow walk, almost coming to a stop, until the last 50 feet then they go like maniacs? I like that. It’s suspenseful. Tho I guess they could just make the race 50 feet. But whatever. This way has drama

No idea, but I can't wait for the walking event to take place. Yes, they have walking as an event in the Olympics.

I've missed my calling.

 

[WhyisIUBBcursed]

No idea, but I can't wait for the walking event to take place. Yes, they have walking as an event in the Olympics.

I've missed my calling.

You need to watch those f—-ers walk before you get too cocky

 

[IUINSB]

I will not watch any sport that includes the words artistic, synchronized, or rhythmic.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

I will not watch any sport that includes the words artistic, synchronized, or rhythmic.

My Freshman year at IU I had a couple dates with a rhythmic gymnast. Didn’t work out because she thought I didn’t sufficiently respect her “sport.” She was right.

 

[WhyisIUBBcursed]

My Freshman year at IU I had a couple dates with a rhythmic gymnast. Didn’t work out because she thought I didn’t sufficiently respect her “sport.” She was right.

Kind of like calling band a sport

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Kind of like calling band a sport

She was very easy on the eyes but I couldn’t pretend to respect her “sport” the way she’d want. She took it seriously. I didn’t. Oh well.

 

[13thman]

Swimming
Track and Field
Women’s Gymnastics
Women’s Beach Volleyball
Basketball
Men’s Gymnastics
Boxing and Wrestling (tie)
Regular volleyball
Water polo

I like to watch obscure events occasionally.

I’m sure I missed some. What are yours?

Track. Specifically the 100m and the 4x100.

 

[WhyisIUBBcursed]

Track. Specifically the 100m and the 4x100.

I love the 800 and 1500 distance. Love the strategy of the longer runs. But 5K just too damned long to watch

 

[Morrison]

Track and Field
Boxing
Basketball
Swimming

Everything else is checking out hot female athletes.

 

[DrHoops]

Swimming
Track and Field
Women’s Gymnastics
Women’s Beach Volleyball
Basketball
Men’s Gymnastics
Boxing and Wrestling (tie)
Regular volleyball
Water polo

I like to watch obscure events occasionally.

I’m sure I missed some. What are yours?

I was a wrestler, so I like that
All the track and field events are fun
Womens Gymnastics
Surfing
Ping Pong
Boxing
Kayaking
Swimming
Water Polo
Hoops, I guess
Cycling around that little track, whatever that's called

I generally like the winter games better.

 

[TomEric4756]

I forgot wrestling.

There are two events freestyle and Greco-Roman

 

[UncleMark]

My Freshman year at IU I had a couple dates with a rhythmic gymnast. Didn’t work out because she thought I didn’t sufficiently respect her “sport.” She was right.

Ribbons, hoops, or balls?