To all people who partake in the sport of skeleton, I apologize. This is a sport that has people go head-first down the bobsled course with just a helmet to protect them. In a world that is becoming more aware of protecting our athletes from brain injuries, shouldn’t we reconsider this sport? If they are going to keep that sport, why not start shooting people out of cannons and having a contest?
Snowboarding is becoming one of the most popular winter sports. It is a “cooler” way of moving in the snow rather than using skis. However, this sport just needs to go. If this sport stays in the Olympics, then they should just let skateboarding in! Where is Marty McFly grabbing onto the back of a truck when you need him? I love the idea of the half-pipe and the downhill snowboarding, just not snowboard cross.
Many people are going to disagree with me on this, but I feel that the Olympics should be for amateur athletes. In Sochi, players from every professional hockey league will be representing their countries. This is ridiculous! It is time to let amateur men do this again. I am not saying they should be Saturday afternoon hockey league players, but they should be college and world junior representatives.
This was originally a snowboarding event. I do not feel that skiing has a place in the half-pipe. We already have a ton of skiing events in the Winter Olympics -- do we really need another one? If you want to participate in a half-pipe event, then use a snowboard.
Many of you probably think this is a typo, but it really isn’t. The sport of Bandy is basically ice hockey played with a ball, or soccer with sticks! Many people tried to get this to be an Olympic sport, but it failed. However, the Bandy World Championships will be taking place in Sochi at the same time of the Olympic Games. If they were going to do that, they might as well let it be in the Olympics this year!
Two Olympic sports that take much control and focus to perfect are ski jumping and cross country skiing. These are two sports that not just anyone can go out there and do. I would never want to see these sports get taken out of the Olympics. However, I would like to see Nordic combined taken out. We have both of the sports together already, why do we have to combine them?
I love the opening ceremonies and how countries show off great things from their parts of the world. The closing ceremonies are just too long and unnecessary. By this time, many people are over the Olympics and no one pays attention to it. Having the long, drawn-out event is unnecessary!
Do I really need to say why this is a ridiculous sport? You slide a rock down to a target. If we are going to keep this sport in the Olympics, then why not add bocce?
I get figure skating, I do. I think it takes great skill and dedication to perfect this sport. I do think however, that a team competition for this is not needed. Figure skating is an individual sport. Do you think that Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan should have been teammates? If you do, then more power to you, but this is not a team sport!
First off, I do not know anyone who watches this. Second of all, it is not as “showy” as pairs figure skating with flips and things like that. It is dancing with skates. I can’t do it, I’ll admit that. I just think that this is a thing for the Ice Capades, not the Olympics!
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