The Olympics: Some sports I wish had been / were still included – Part 1

I’ve never really been much of a sportsmen. Of course, at school I played tennis, football, rubgy etc. but really, when you’re 6’3 and have feet large enough to use as a drinks tray, you can call the excercise whatever you like, but really your playing a losing game against gravity.

As such I’m not all that interested in the Olympics. Obviously the wrestling and chasing event was great this year, what with the added enhancements of it involving the Olympic flame and going across so many countries. But it did rather jump the start by going on long before the opening ceremony.

I had intended to write some witty, life-enchancing banter on frivolous sports I think should be included, but then I found some of the sports that have been deomstrated or dropped over the years were much funnier. So…

American Football – Demonstrated 1904 and 1932

Not just put forwards once as an olympic sport, America tried twice to get this one into the end zone. Aside from the obvious advantage of experience that America would have (something Australia tried with trying to introduce Australian rules football in 1956), I’d love to see a China vs America final…