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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Vianca
2013-07-19T00:47:11.000Z
know how hard it is
gina
2011-02-22T19:41:06.000Z
this was pretty rude. i know for a fact archery takes a great ammount of strength to do. table tenis is pretty hard too if you play it the way they do. actually, pretty much all of these should stay in the olympics. you are very small minded and only made assumptions about these sports.
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.
Leighann
2014-11-03T04:40:26.160Z
I have to disagree. Speaking for myself, try shooting a bow with a 50lb draw weight several times a day and let's just see how in shape you are?
Shakti
2011-02-22T18:40:33.000Z
What do you mean by sport? These are not childs play which you have mentioned here as "non-sports". If they were so easy I believe I could atleast got some gold medals in each.
Ashleigh
2011-02-23T02:39:01.000Z
Curling is a real sport, it is actually fairly hard to get right. Also you need to be in good shape for archery, have you ever tried the sports you listed? fencing aquires a lot of skill, as does golf. As someone who is a hockey player and also on a curling team, I'd say curling is harder then hockey, takes more skill. Get your facts straight next time.
Maddie
2015-06-03T04:20:57.536Z
Taekwondo Is a Art! And it's not Ninja turtle moves, when someone comes and attacks you let's see how you can defend yourself. Its great for women to know some defense!! Also don't say something that you don't even know anything about!!
Grace
2014-03-17T12:16:34.386Z
All I can do is laughter at the Equestrian one! You think it's easy trusting an unpredictable animal ten times your weight, schooling 7 days a week, hours on end. Not only are not you training yourself to the best of your abilities, you arec training an animal which takes twice the effort and time it does any other sport! It makes us mad that people under estimate the power of horse riding, the fact that you are putting your life on the line, knowing that any minute you could fall and break your neck or even worse death. It is a risk we are willing to take. Now you know what it should be like running? Try doing approx 5 kilometers non stop at a galloping pace and over jumps taller than you, while the hoReese runs the marathon, the rider giving the horsecthe compulsion and ability to do it. So no, horse riding isn't just sitting on top of a horse and yes it damn should be and will be an olympic sport.