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whitelytning posted...

I saw synchronized swimming on TV at the gym this morning and was amazed that it was still in the Olympics.

They need to cut some sports and events like crazy. Anything synchronized is dumb. You can turn any event into a synchronized event. It doesnt add anything or make it more interesting.

There are too many events that are the same except for slight distance differences. Rowing is funny because its like they just put more people on the boat gradually to make 100 different events.

There are also too many events in some things that are like forced worse techniques. Karate and TKD for example could be combined into martial arts or add Judo and wrestling and you have MMA. Breast stroke, butterfly, and backstroke are all pointless when its just about being the fastest too.

I agree with most of this.

To me, they could cut close to half of the shit they're doing now. The Olympics should stick to the basics, track and field & boxing. That's all it was 2000 years ago. I can live with swimming and gymnastics, basketball and baseball. Martial arts and wrestling seem appropriate given boxing is an original sport.

But the skateboarding, synchronized anything and a lot of other shit should go to the X Games or wherever.

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