Poll 75/100 | If you could replace 3 existing sports with 3 new sports what would you choose? *

[Fly_like_a_don 1,162]

*Conditions Applied 

 

Cumulative number of quotas for the 3 new sports = Cumulative number of quotas of existing sports + 100  extra quotas

 

 

[NearPup 4,184]

Out: Modern Pentathlon

In: Squash

 

If forced to pick 3:

Out: boxing, weightlifting

In: cricket, softball

 

I also think Climbing, Skateboarding and Surfing should be permanent additions. They are low cost, require few athletes, have very well developed professional circuits, have high participation numbers and have the potential to reach a new audience.

[Fly_like_a_don 1,162]

For me :

 

Skateboarding- Sepaktakraw (Men's and Women's Regu, Mixed Doubles) easy pick since skateboarding is played by lesser nations and is very booooring . I might turn off my TV if it appears anyhow I'm confident such nonsense won't be shown even if 4 channels will be live with 4 sports. 

 

 

Modern Pentathlon - Kabaddi. Both are very old sports with the latter more exciting. 

 

Artistic Swimming - Cricket 

[intoronto 6,911]

Out: shooting, artistic swimming and field hockey 

 

In: expand the quotas in a lot of other sports. Add sports: softball. The rest can be host sport quotas 

[LDOG 2,480]

Out: men's football, basketball 3x3, weightlifting.

In: men's futsal (12 teams). Use the rest to have more weights in taekwondo, boxing, wrestling, Karate (if reinstated).

[OlympicIRL 6,308]

Out:

 

• Basketball 3x3
• Karate
• Skateboarding

 

In:

 

• Darts (same format as World Cup or similar to that)
• Bowls
• Bowling

 

 

Would love to see squash and snooker there too but I think I would be genuinely more excited by the other 3.

[phelps 8,730]

3 is just too few...

 

my list is way bigger...

 

OUT: Artistic Swimming, Trampoline & Rhythmic Gymnastics, Equestrian Dressage, Boxing, Weightlifting (only because of doping issues), 3X3 Basketball, Skateboarding, BMX Cycling (at least the freestyle events)...

 

IN: Squash, T20 Cricket, Water Ski (Slalom & Jumping only) & Wakeboard (Tricks only)...and the remaining quota places to increase the traditional sports, which have been cut so much to become a farce with no more than 6/7 starters...

[Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 142]

Out, only 3?
- Rubgy7
- Skateboard
- Artistic swimming

IN
- Rugby 15
no others. 

[Nickyc707 382]

20 minutes ago, OlympicIRL said:

Out:

 

• Basketball 3x3
• Karate
• Skateboarding

 

In:

 

• Darts (same format as World Cup or similar to that)
• Bowls
• Bowling

 

 

Would love to see squash and snooker there too but I think I would be genuinely more excited by the other 3.

Do you enjoy a pint while you're playing your sport by any chance?

[Nickyc707 382]

8 minutes ago, Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo said:

Out, only 3?
- Rubgy7
- Skateboard
- Artistic swimming

IN
- Rugby 15
no others. 

Given the physical nature of the sport how would you fit a 15 man a side rugby competition into the 16 days of the OG? Also it comes up against the issue that golf and tennis face that the OG would not be regarded as the peak of the sport as it is in Sevens.