What Sports You will Add if Your Country Hosts Olympic Games

[Noorderling29 238]

Hope not…

[NMQ 243]

4 hours ago, LDOG said:

I would add nothing but the imaginary organizing committee would try to get water ski, polo or pelota in.

This + Padel and Rink Hockey.

[Jinzha 703]

5 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Nothing, really

 

We don't have any sports that are children's versions of real sports (flag football) or that are real sports but immensely popular in a very specific area yet entirely unknown outside of it (cricket), so....yeah. I wonder how @Dennis, @Jinzha or @Noorderling29 would see this, but I very much doubt we'd add something 'Dutch' like kaatsen or fierljeppen which are Frisian things specifically and basically entirely unknown outside of it  (personally I only know of their existence and that's it)

Korfball of course!

 

And for the winter Olympics we could add marathon speed skating and cyclocross (which would be a great addition to the Winter Olympics I think!)

[heywoodu 16,460]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Fierljeppen would be fun as a one-off. Plus, I’ve watched some competitions, so I’m already familiar with the rules.
 

Korfball would probably be the Dutch pick though.

Nobody cares about korfball though  I don't mean internationally, I mean here in the Netherlands. I believe there is like one derby between two small towns that's a big deal....in those two small towns, but that's about it. You'll find more people who can name 10+ current MotoGP riders and 10+ current biathletes (to pick a random example of relatively small sports here) than people who can name a single current national team korfball player, no doubt.

 

Sure, without korfball I wouldn't exist, but still  

[heywoodu 16,460]

2 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

Korfball of course!

 

And for the winter Olympics we could add marathon speed skating and cyclocross (which would be a great addition to the Winter Olympics I think!)

Right, if we can also add disciplines/events instead of whole sports, marathon speed skating and cyclocross would be good choices indeed. Even better: kick out the mass start and replace it with the marathon  

[Benolympique 2,438]

I would delete modern pentathlon, skateboarding and 3-a-side basketball I would add 3 sports: - Baseball/Softball - Basque pelota or racquetball - Cricket

[phelps 8,693]

14 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Right, if we can also add disciplines/events instead of whole sports, marathon speed skating and cyclocross would be good choices indeed. Even better: kick out the mass start and replace it with the marathon  

where have I to put my signature? 

[heywoodu 16,460]

5 minutes ago, Benolympique said:

I would delete modern pentathlon, skateboarding and 3-a-side basketball I would add 3 sports: - Baseball/Softball - Basque pelota or racquetball - Cricket

But why would France add cricket? Remember, this is about countries specifically choosing some addition, like the US choosing flag football (which probably 99% of people outside of the US have never even heard of)  

[rafalgorka 1,821]

Ok. Poland would add summer ski jumping then haha…

[Benolympique 2,438]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

But why would France add cricket? Remember, this is about countries specifically choosing some addition, like the US choosing flag football (which probably 99% of people outside of the US have never even heard of)  

ah yes well I didn't understand the question! I thought it was personal desires