Whats sports would you like to see at the Olympics?

[Our Nail Loney]

Best off chucking the medal to the jockey (AP).

Think at the last olympics on Irelands only medal they credited the jockey and the horse (waterford Crystal) before the shifty horse got caught out.

Thats right the horse was a junkie!! The horses do all the work in those events at the minute, stupid posh people anyway.

[The Real Laoislad]

Muff Diving

[ziggysego]

Muff Diving

Donegal's the place for that.

[rolloutking]

HANDBALL

However it looks highly unlikely in its current form given the requirements set down by the IOC. Something like 75 countries have to be playing before it can be put forward for proposal

At the 2006 world championships in canada there was something like 29 participating countries but that was including one wall

If the game can be adapted to form a universal code throughout the world then it could be included. This would more than likely mean one wall

The host country did have a choice of showcasing non competition demonstration sports up untill 1992 but this was taken away due to the sheer amount of organization the Olympics takes already. This would have been possibility in London 2012 with the Eton fives version of the game having a good case for being the demonstration sport.


Some demonstration sports that have been displayed are:

Tennis
Badmington
Baseball
Rugby
Squash
Netball
Karate
Golf



Some sports of

[youngfella]

20:20 cricket would be good craic.

Tug of war...... on ice

[BallyhaiseMan]

7's Rugby

[DrinkingHarp]

Horse racing -proper horse racing!  None of this dancing about in top hats and tails!

Its tough for the horses to keep that top hat on unless they have a long chin strap.

[DrinkingHarp]

Muff Diving

Already suggested

[DrinkingHarp]

Did you see that Russian Gal at the pole vault?  AWESOME 

[The Gs Man]

Horseback Archery!!

[mylestheslasher]

Darts! It would be hillarious to see big fat fu*kers getting Olympic medals. I'm sure they'd never pass drugs tests with all the shite they must be eating. Arm wrestling would be good craic too.

[Evil Genius]

I think somebody else mentioned it, but I'd revive a sport which used to feature in the Games. No, not Live pigeon Shooting( ), but Tug of War!
Seriously. I remember our local "Sports" used to have it, and it was deadly. I know, people may laugh, lumping it in with darts or snooker etc, as something for fat, middle-aged men with beer bellies etc. In fact, there is a huge amount of techniique, tactics and teamwork involved, as well as pure strength.
Nor are the smaller guys excluded, since it is contested in weight categories; nor does it need much technical equipment, or special facilities, either. My local team used to practice tugging against a tractor, or hauling concrete weights over the bough of a big tree.
And it's a great spectator sport, too, since it's easy to see who's winning and it arouses great excitement, without taking so long to complete that it keeps you away from the beer tent!
Besides, it's always useful for Pub Qiuizzes, since it's the only sport in the world where the winner goes backwards...

[AZOffaly]

What about Rowing or the Backstroke? (for the winner going backwards thing)

[Onion Bag]

Have been keeping an eye out for the womans volleyball, any word

[Evil Genius]

What about Rowing or the Backstroke? (for the winner going backwards thing)

Re. rowing, isn't there a difference between facing backwards and travelling backwards? Besides, the cox gets to sit facing forward i.e. in the boat's direction of travel.

And as regards swimming, backstrokers are still proceeding forward, it's just that they are prone rather than supine (or is it the other way round?). Anyhow, all the competitors are racing together in the same direction.

Whereas, in T o W, the winner MUST be going backwards, since the loser is clearly going forward! 

I think my Quiz Question still stands!