We’ve all accidentally turned the channel over to the Olympics at one time or another and thought, “What are they doing? Is this even a sport?” Some of the stuff that they have deemed worthy of Olympic medals and here are the most laughable of those choices.

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7. Taekwondo

I don’t understand how this is a sport. I guess some consider it an art, but to me it is just jumping around and doing Ninja Turtle stuff. If doing that’s worthy of a medal, then the Olympic committee owes the 8-year old version of myself several.

6. Golf

Golf is not a sport; it’s a hobby. If out of shape old men can still compete and win then this needs to be taken off of the table. I realize it takes a lot of skill to play this game, but the same can be said for Scrabble, but you don’t see anyone handing out medals for that, do you?

5. Fencing

Sword fighting in a beekeeper’s uniforms, do I even need to explain? Next!

4. Equestrian

Ok, so the horse is in amazing shape and can do all kinds of impressive things. Fine. If that’s the case how about opening it up to dogs that can fetch really well or maybe sneezing pandas. They already have an Equestrian World Cup or something for horses, I think. Let’s keep it that way.

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3. Archery

Again, if you don’t have to be in shape to do it then it’s really not a sport. This is another one that falls into the skill category. Let them have their own award show.

2. Table Tennis

This is a joke. Table tennis? What’s next foosball? Maybe beer pong? Yes, that scene in Forrest Gump was pretty funny, but the funniest part is that they hand out real medals. Guys who break world records for running, swimming, and weight lifting who have trained their body’s for years are handed out the same medals are guys who are good at ping pong. Weak sauce…

1. Curling

Have you ever seen this? It makes absolutely no sense at all. Look it up on YouTube. From what I can gather you basically stand in the middle of a hockey rink, scoot these things while you lay out across the ice, and then you sweep the floor. My question is who saw this and connected the dots to, “This should be an Olympic sport.” Seriously, what were they thinking? Fail.

I hope there aren’t any equestrian curler fencing experts who have a passion for ping pong that read thing blog, other wise I probably offended some people. Do you disagree with any of my choices?

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danielagm
2013-06-23T22:22:06.000Z
Just letting you know,olympic archery requires a LOT of strenghtin the shoulders, arms, back and core. And if youresearch is the secobd most difficult and definitely not for everyone. I'm not talking abou the 20 lb wood bow your childused in summer camp but the 40-50 lb pnes that real archers use
Moriah
2013-06-29T02:40:24.000Z
As a horse gal, I personally think that equestrians have a right to be there. Those athletes are probably more in shape than some Olympic sports. And besides there is also the same if not higher risk of being hurt. You are dealing with a 1300 lbs animal.
Gabrielle
2016-10-30T15:10:14.225Z
I've been practicing Taekwondo since I was 8 years old. It is not for the faint at heart. Serious training is going into learn each kick, punch, and form. My black belt isn't a 'ninja' joke. This entire post is extremely offensive.
Jordan
2011-02-22T21:59:09.000Z
Horseback riding is way harder and is in every way a sport. Sure the little pony rides most people think of and have actually taken part in aren't, and they don't require any physical effort. But, this is jumping, and dressage. That is in no way an easy thing to compete in competitively. Try riding a horse like that with perfect form, for 10 minutes. Most people can't do that, and they say its so easy untill they fall, or get bashed against a wall, or when they get off and their back, legs, and arms hurt so bad they have to take advil. It belongs in the olympics just as much as anything else.
jonas
2012-01-07T23:01:27.000Z
A LOT of disheartened sports fans out here, i hope they get a reallity check and see how their sports are not really that important, don't feel bad , they don't need to be important just enjoyable... now back to my VERY VERY VERY hard video game
Ale
2011-02-22T17:27:21.000Z
I used to practice fencing and believe me is not an easy sport, if it wasnt for the uniform you'd get pretty hurt, al also practiced archery a bit, and you need to focus a LOT
Melinda
2011-02-22T20:53:04.000Z
WHAT? no way! any kind of sports is good. things you wrote just makes no sense. though the only thing that i didnt like in olympics 2010 is that they showed curling instead of ice hockey ALL THE TIME. but thats not sports fault, its because here in France they dont appriciate hockey. and i missed it. i come from an ice hockey country god damn :D
Sofia
2016-10-27T21:19:08.731Z
Taekwondo is really f*cking hard and what u just wrote is offensive. If u say taekwondo is not material arts dude ur so effing lost. N if u still say it aint sport I feel bad for u