hckošice 13,285 Posted March 10, 2022 #111 Share Posted March 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Huh, here I was thinking all of Slovakia is lined up for all the canoe slalom competitions removal of C2 and invention of extreme canoe did not really help the popularity rank last years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted March 10, 2022 #112 Share Posted March 10, 2022 10 minutes ago, hckošice said: Last Year 2021, The Ministry of School, Science, Research and Sports of Slovak Republic has published a survey on the popularity of sports: Slovaks chosed 25 sports The Most Popular and followed Sports Translation Reveal hidden contents Ice Hockey Football Skiing Cycling Tennis Figure Skating Athletics Biathlon Volleyball Aquatics Sports Basketball Gymnastics Handball Canoeing Danc Sport The Complete Ranking Translation Hide contents Ice Hockey Floorball Rowing Football Archery Luge Skiing Chess Speed Skating Cycling mma Judo Tennis Inline Skating Fencing Figure Skating Bodybuilding & Fitness Modern Pentathlon Athletics Boxing Taekwondo Biathlon Mountains Climbing Surfing Volleyball Billiard Sport Climbing Aquatics Sports Car Racing Curling Basketball E-Sport Wrestling Gymnastics Weightlifting Sailing Handball Baseball Bobsleigh & Skeleton Canoeing Motobike Sports Softball Dance Sport Golf Shooting Thai Box Field Hockey American Football Table Tennis Flying Disc F1 Rugby Equestrian Not Classified Sports (I add only the Olympic sports) Karate Triathlon Badminton field hockey at 3.69 are just people who need their hockey fix during the summer right ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,285 Posted March 10, 2022 #113 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Just now, De_Gambassi said: field hockey at 3.69 are just people who need their hockey fix during the summer right ? Must be like the complete dutch and / Embassy employees De_Gambassi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted March 10, 2022 #114 Share Posted March 10, 2022 (2020) https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/dam/jcr:07b62374-bfe9-4a65-9e7e-03a09c8778c3/encuesta-de-habitos-deportivos-2020.pdf People who had followed sports on television, radio or Internet during the year 1) Football : 53.7% * 2) Tennis : 31.6% 3) Basketball : 25.2% 4) Cycling : 23.1% 5) Moto Racing : 19.4% 6) Auto Racing : 18.4% 7) Athletics : 12.8% 8) Swimming : 9.5% 9) Handball : 8.9% * Doesn't seem that high to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearas 371 Posted March 11, 2022 #115 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Favourites amongst fans: 1st: Basketball 2nd: Football 3rd: Figure Skating 4th: Athletics 5th: Dance Sports 6th: Autosports 7th: Boxing 8th: Tennis 9th: Swimming Most popular sport activity amongst amateurs: 1st: Running/Athletics 2nd: Weightlifting 3rd: Swimming Most popular sport activities by number of professional athletes: 1st: Athletics 2nd: Rowing 3rd: Basketball 4th: Football 5th: Gymnastics 6th: Orienteering 7th: Autosports 8th: Swimming 9th: Chess 10th: Motorbike sports 11th: Boxing 12th: Draughts Dunadan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,570 Posted March 11, 2022 #116 Share Posted March 11, 2022 8 hours ago, Bearas said: 7th: Autosports 10th: Motorbike sports This surprises me, I've been watching both sports for more than half my life and I can't name a single Lithuanian off the top of my head Not doubting you, by the way, just expressing my surprise 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...
Dunadan 1,103 Posted March 11, 2022 #117 Share Posted March 11, 2022 There are more professional Lithuanian track and field athletes and rowers than basketball players? That's surprising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 951 Posted March 11, 2022 #118 Share Posted March 11, 2022 On 3/10/2022 at 4:36 PM, hckošice said: Must be like the complete dutch and / Embassy employees On 3/10/2022 at 4:35 PM, De_Gambassi said: field hockey at 3.69 are just people who need their hockey fix during the summer right ? OK this is some curiosity. Maybe some die hard hockey fans who watch both ice and field hockey. Just to clarify Field Hockey is NOT one of the popular sport in India in the last 2 decades. In most websites they may still write Field Hockey but no there is nothing like popularity. The sport is popular in Punjab, Haryana, 2 small northern states, then Odisha, Delhi, Jharkhand , and few other cities including Bangalore. Rest most people only know that hockey is about hitting the ball in the goal with a hockey stick . I never played or watched the sport in person , its played in very few schools and colleges except for those places. Don't remember the last time the last time there was a district level competition in field hockey in my district, even netball, ballbadminton, squash, tennikoit , throwball has those events here. Now coming to how much hockey is shown on TV. For the youth to be interested there needs to be something shown. Despite 15 odd sports channels hockey is shown during world cups, world juniors , asia cup apart from multi sport games ( Indian matches only with the FIH commentators ) on 1 channel, if there is something live in other sports like a cricket match or EPL the sport won't be shown at all on TV instead those same sports may be shown in multiple channels with multiple languages commentary. There will be streaming of it online but I won't waste my money on subscription for field hockey, let me be honest, I don't like the sport that much, lost the interest over the years and despite the highs of Tokyo I'm more than comfortable with watching it during multi sport events only. The only sports that you can watch on Indian TV regularly is Cricket, Badminton, Kabaddi , Football, Tennis, Motor Sports, WWE (Nope, no athletics either) Don't even talk about this sport there . Since Imran Khan came to power the sport has died as he has cut the funding. The players are now part timers who practice only before tournaments . Don't ask if the sport is shown on their TV or apps, non existent. hckošice and De_Gambassi 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,285 Posted March 11, 2022 #119 Share Posted March 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, Fly_like_a_don said: OK this is some curiosity. Maybe some die hard hockey fans who watch both ice and field hockey. Just to clarify Field Hockey is NOT one of the popular sport in India in the last 2 decades. In most websites they may still write Field Hockey but no there is nothing like popularity. The sport is popular in Punjab, Haryana, 2 small northern states, then Odisha, Delhi, Jharkhand , and few other cities including Bangalore. Rest most people only know that hockey is about hitting the ball in the goal with a hockey stick . I never played or watched the sport in person , its played in very few schools and colleges except for those places. Don't remember the last time the last time there was a district level competition in field hockey in my district, even netball, ballbadminton, squash, tennikoit , throwball has those events here. Now coming to how much hockey is shown on TV. For the youth to be interested there needs to be something shown. Despite 15 odd sports channels hockey is shown during world cups, world juniors , asia cup apart from multi sport games ( Indian matches only with the FIH commentators ) on 1 channel, if there is something live in other sports like a cricket match or EPL the sport won't be shown at all on TV instead those same sports may be shown in multiple channels with multiple languages commentary. There will be streaming of it online but I won't waste my money on subscription for field hockey, let me be honest, I don't like the sport that much, lost the interest over the years and despite the highs of Tokyo I'm more than comfortable with watching it during multi sport events only. The only sports that you can watch on Indian TV regularly is Cricket, Badminton, Kabaddi , Football, Tennis, Motor Sports, WWE (Nope, no athletics either) Don't even talk about this sport there . Since Imran Khan came to power the sport has died as he has cut the funding. The players are now part timers who practice only before tournaments . Don't ask if the sport is shown on their TV or apps, non existent. You see. This is really surprising, I was always like it is your national sport I learn something new every day I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly_like_a_don 951 Posted March 11, 2022 #120 Share Posted March 11, 2022 51 minutes ago, hckošice said: You see. This is really surprising, I was always like it is your national sport I learn something new every day I guess Oh well happens people think we Indians are crazy about hockey, in reality it isn't . And yeah the ministry has clearly stated in 2020 that Hockey is NOT the national sport of the country . So as per the law India has no national sport not even a unofficial national sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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