donerkebab 9 Posted March 11, 2022 #131 Share Posted March 11, 2022 There is no official sport in Turkey. But every Turkish person answer this question as oil wrestling. Back to the our central asia days it would be horse archery. But for popularity there is a article which counts which sports are the most covered in news. First 5 are football , basketball, volleyball, athletics and tennis. Wrestling is only 6th. Surprising one is skiing which is the 7th most popular. Another instresting point is among young population (u18) after 3 ball sports swimming is in 4th place. And gymnastics made 10th place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,504 Posted March 11, 2022 #132 Share Posted March 11, 2022 8 minutes ago, donerkebab said: There is no official sport in Turkey. But every Turkish person answer this question as oil wrestling. Back to the our central asia days it would be horse archery. But for popularity there is a article which counts which sports are the most covered in news. First 5 are football , basketball, volleyball, athletics and tennis. Wrestling is only 6th. Surprising one is skiing which is the 7th most popular. Another instresting point is among young population (u18) after 3 ball sports swimming is in 4th place. And gymnastics made 10th place. Skiing is 'kayak' in Turkish? Now that's interesting 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...
donerkebab 9 Posted March 11, 2022 #133 Share Posted March 11, 2022 10 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Skiing is 'kayak' in Turkish? Now that's interesting 😬😬😬 it gets weirder dude . Kayak’s literal translation is sliding. But for sliding we use kızak 😂 and translation of canoe/kayak is kano/kayık. 😂😂 SalamAkhi, thiago_simoes and heywoodu 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De_Gambassi 896 Posted March 12, 2022 #134 Share Posted March 12, 2022 (2021) https://biv.com/article/2021/12/nhl-continues-be-fan-favourite-canadas-pro-sports-rankings-poll (ranked by leagues) 1) NHL : 55% 2) NFL (36%) / CFL (32%) 3) NBA (31%) 3) MLB (31%) 5) MLS (22%) I assume that soccer will be ranked higher, if the question was about sports and not leagues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,133 Posted July 26, 2022 #135 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Jesus just landed in Slovakia Need a prove about our national/most popular sport ? Obviously he had to have a special autograph signing session, the poor guy had no idea how long this will take This is ladies and gentlemen what looks just a autograph party of NHL drafted players... Obviously , do not lie to ourselves, 90% (not only the teen girls) of the people arrived for Slafkovský thiago_simoes and phelps 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted July 26, 2022 #136 Share Posted July 26, 2022 In Britain we only get that kind of reception for the very best cheese-rollers & bog snorkellers. phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,537 Posted July 26, 2022 #137 Share Posted July 26, 2022 25 minutes ago, hckošice said: Jesus just landed in Slovakia Need a prove about our national/most popular sport ? Obviously he had to have a special autograph signing session, the poor guy had no idea how long this will take This is ladies and gentlemen what looks just a autograph party of NHL drafted players... Obviously , do not lie to ourselves, 90% (not only the teen girls) of the people arrived for Slafkovský love, admiration and envy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicIRL 4,756 Posted July 26, 2022 #138 Share Posted July 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Grassmarket said: In Britain we only get that kind of reception for the very best cheese-rollers & bog snorkellers. Oh has shin-kicking declined in popularity in recent times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted July 27, 2022 #139 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Not sure if this has been mentioned or not, but according to Twitter, the top 5 sports in Brazil with the most mentions during the 2020 Olympics were: Unsurprisingly, football is number 1. Basketball is number 2, what really makes me wonder how people still care about this sport after decades of Brazil failing miserably in every important competition. Gymnastics is number 3, and I'm very happy about that, of course. Despite less than stellar results at the Olympics and World Championships, it's amazing how many people enjoy watching rhythmic gymnastics in Brazil. There was even a press conference recently after our group won the bronze medal at one of the World Cup stages. Artistic gymnastics, of course, is what drives most people's attention, though. Trampoline is almost nonexistent, and the other disciplines are almost unheard of. Volleyball in fourth is surprising. I thought it would comfortably sit at number 2, but I was wrong. Tennis in fifth is also surprising. It's not the kind of sport that is even remotely popular among the young generation. Skateboarding and table tennis are a lot more popular, in my opinion, and even surfing and handball would make more sense. But tennis is shown on paid TV all the time and there should be a strong following among people who are 35 or older, especially because they remember Guga more vividly than the younger crowd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassmarket 2,715 Posted July 27, 2022 #140 Share Posted July 27, 2022 9 hours ago, OlympicIRL said: Oh has shin-kicking declined in popularity in recent times? Sadly, tabloid sex scandals, match-fixing allegations and the popularity of the new Finnish import wife-carrying have sent it into an eclipse. OlympicIRL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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