I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
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Originally posted by aquageek
Does that mean swimming is an activity since judging is involved throughout the entire event?
What about wrestling, that is a judged event. I wouldn't walk up to my wrestling friends and tell them they aren't participating in a sport. I might call them and tell them that and then avoid them for a few weeks thereafter.
Give me a break Mr. Literal. I think you get my point (no pun intended). It is an activity when no matter how good the competitor is (or isn't as was evidenced in 2002 Salt Lake Ice Skating), everyone waits with bated breath to see what some washed up former participant thinks before a winner is delcared.
Originally posted by aquageek
Does that mean swimming is an activity since judging is involved throughout the entire event?
What about wrestling, that is a judged event. I wouldn't walk up to my wrestling friends and tell them they aren't participating in a sport. I might call them and tell them that and then avoid them for a few weeks thereafter.
Give me a break Mr. Literal. I think you get my point (no pun intended). It is an activity when no matter how good the competitor is (or isn't as was evidenced in 2002 Salt Lake Ice Skating), everyone waits with bated breath to see what some washed up former participant thinks before a winner is delcared.
