Jan Linha 564 Posted June 6 #631 Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said: Next they'll add a Battle Royale event for the combat sports. Or maybe Chess or poker 🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,378 Posted June 6 Author #632 Share Posted June 6 4 hours ago, Jan Linha said: Or maybe Chess or poker 🤣🤣 Chess at the Olympics would be awesome and I will not accept anyone saying otherwise :< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,815 Posted June 6 #633 Share Posted June 6 8 hours ago, Josh said: Queen & King of the Court is expected to become a demonstration sport at LA 2028, with the potential of getting added to the Brisbane 2032 programme. Even as a beach volleyball fan, I don’t love the idea of it being at the Olympics. https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article242479368/beachvolleyball-queen-king-of-the-court-olympisch-hamburg-active-city-arena.html Entire article is in German, so you might need to use Google Translate it I love how they come up with a name for some event which says literally zero about what kind of event it is. If you hadn't specifically said you're a beach volleyball fan, I would not even have guessed the sport correctly If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh 7,818 Posted June 6 #634 Share Posted June 6 9 minutes ago, NearPup said: Chess at the Olympics would be awesome and I will not accept anyone saying otherwise :< Maybe if they created an Olympics specifically for sports like these. (won’t be watching a single second of it however ) Otherwise, yeah nope… Ugh. Personally speaking (and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this), I believe that any sports that get added to the Olympic programme need to have an aspect of physical ability. Chess (which is a mind sport) doesn’t fit in that category. heywoodu and Roamingrover86 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,815 Posted June 6 #635 Share Posted June 6 19 minutes ago, NearPup said: Chess at the Olympics would be awesome and I will not accept anyone saying otherwise :< Chess being added and taking away even a single spot from any physical sport would make me so much madder than even breaking being added NearPup 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,378 Posted June 6 Author #636 Share Posted June 6 1 minute ago, Josh said: Maybe if they created an Olympics specifically for sports like these. (won’t be watching a single second of it however ) Otherwise, yeah nope… Ugh. Personally speaking (and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this), I believe that any sports that get added to the Olympic programme need to have an aspect of physical ability. Chess (which is a mind sport) doesn’t fit in that category. I have long, long wanted a mind sport Olympics. Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpjmcevoy 270 Posted June 6 #637 Share Posted June 6 1 hour ago, heywoodu said: Chess being added and taking away even a single spot from any physical sport would make me so much madder than even breaking being added Dunno, if they dropped breaking to let in chess, i'd live with it... Roamingrover86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jur 600 Posted June 6 #638 Share Posted June 6 13 hours ago, Josh said: Queen & King of the Court is expected to become a demonstration sport at LA 2028, with the potential of getting added to the Brisbane 2032 programme. Even as a beach volleyball fan, I don’t love the idea of it being at the Olympics. https://www.abendblatt.de/sport/article242479368/beachvolleyball-queen-king-of-the-court-olympisch-hamburg-active-city-arena.html Entire article is in German, so you might need to use Google Translate it I don't think this is any different to the "Beach Handball" tournament the Handball Federation is hosting on their own dureing the Paris 2024 Olympics. They sell theirs as a showcase to get the sport to the olympics games, but it has no "official recognition". I think this would be the same. A publicity stunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,659 Posted June 6 #639 Share Posted June 6 (edited) 11 hours ago, Josh said: Personally speaking (and I’m sure I’m not the only one who thinks this), I believe that any sports that get added to the Olympic programme need to have an aspect of physical ability. Chess (which is a mind sport) doesn’t fit in that category. Personally, I find the idea of a chess tournament at the Olympics compelling. I think there's a lot that could be done to make it a great addition to the program. However, I think I've posted about it on the forum before. Edited June 6 by Olympian1010 “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,815 Posted June 6 #640 Share Posted June 6 12 hours ago, mpjmcevoy said: Dunno, if they dropped breaking to let in chess, i'd live with it... I would not, and that says quite something about my opinion on chess being Olympic Josh and MatiReimundo 1 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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