Pizzataster5 wrote:
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Some of the officials don't look fit.
Pizzataster5 wrote:
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Some of the officials don't look fit.
Do wunter olympics count? Curlers come to mind. Also some of the worlds best snowboarders are scrawny 16 year old kids. They are fit but not elite athlete fit.
Bruin1996 wrote:
My guess are those super heavy weightlifters.
Not even close
Someone had to say it
Dude. That’s messed up. I’ve only seen a couple of fat people in the Special Olympics.
Shooters, Sailors, and The "coxswain"
I have no idea how curling earns multiple mentions. The sheet is 150 feet long and every competitor goes back and forth at rapid clip multiple times per end. Sweeping is one of the most exhausting requirements of any Olympic sport. Even a lithe skip Eve Muirhead of Scotland goes through a grueling workout routine. It's the reason more and more countries are isolating athletes first and turning them into curlers. The 2014 Olympic champion Brad Jacobs team from Canada was nicknamed the Brush Brothers due to how huge, athletic and physical they were. That curling team more than anything influenced the United States to adopt a High Performance Program to identify athletes and not merely beer belly types. John Shuster was rejected by the program so he put together his own team and got the hint by losing more than 30 pounds.
It's one thing not to like curling or think it is boring. To believe the athletes can't move at decent speed is ridiculous.
my guess wrote:
The most unfit people in the Olympics are probably the spectators.
+1 Especially the Olympic Games Committee Members
All those in the sailing events.
Who even knows what sports are done at the Olympics?!
Here are some demonstration sports over the years:
American football (1932)
Australian football (1956)
Ballooning (1900)
Tenpin Bowling (1988)
Boules (1900)
Budō (1964)
Finnish baseball (1952)
Gaelic football (1904)
Glima (1912)
Gliding (1936)
Hurling (1904)
Kaatsen (1928)
Korfball (1920 and 1928)
La canne (1924)
Surf lifesaving (1900)
Longue paume (1900)
Motorsport (1900)
Roller hockey (1992)
Savate (1924)
Swedish (Ling) gymnastics (1948)
Weight training with dumbbells (1904)
Water skiing (1972)
Basebell was included for a few Olympics and is returning in 2020.
Two points:
1.) Id say we should judge the fitnes of different athletes using the decathlon. For instance, what would archers, rowers, golfers, wrestlers, etc. score in the decathlon? Seems like the best measure of athleticism.
2.) Golfers or shooters are the worst athletes in the Olympics. Sure some of the young bucks might be fine but when you include the dusty old farts, the average drops a ton. If a sport's athletes can simultaneously compete in the games AND serve as a spokesmen for Viagra, then that's your answer.
