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Old 11th April 2012, 11:00 AM   #1 (permalink)
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What sport will you be watching at the Olympics 2012?

As titled,

Which sports are you looking forward to watching/following at the Olympics?

I will be watching:

Boxing

Men's gymnastics

Weightlifting

Athletics as well, specially the 100 meter sprinting


How about you ?
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Old 11th April 2012, 11:11 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Would of been women volleyball but due to political correctness in our country the usual outfits they were have been banned and deemed as to sexy. I can only assume it would cause offence to the thousands of benefit spongers who sit on there arses all day and weigh 4 metric tonnes who probably won't even watch the Olympics on there paid for TV License anyway.

I will watch

Athletics, any events 800m and under be it relay usually interests me.

Cycling as Chris Foy gives us hope

Boxing

Football

I might watch the BMX cycling as well, looks interesting only its 2nd appearance in Olympics
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Old 11th April 2012, 11:24 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Would of been women volleyball but due to political correctness in our country the usual outfits they were have been banned and deemed as to sexy.
Too sexy ! But how about female swimmers? They also have a similar dress code, don't they?

That's pathetic to say the least.
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Old 11th April 2012, 11:38 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Well that was part of the reason

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In order to accomodate cultures and religions where women prefer to cover up.
The new rule has already gone into effect for FIVB's Continental Cup, a series of tournaments where teams can qualify for the Olympics.

"Many of these countries have religious and cultural requirements, so the uniform needed to be more flexible," FIVB spokesman Richard Baker said.
Bit like my local town wasn't allowed a Father Christmas as it upset others beliefs still annoyed about that or that kids can't sing Baa Baa Black sheep as it's deemed racist. Political correctness gone mad.

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But how about female swimmers?
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Old 11th April 2012, 02:43 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Women's Beach volleyball.

2 reasons:
1. Fun to look at
2. Only sport where there is no issues with doping, steroids, etc.
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I usually much prefer watching the winter Olympics. (Being Canadian!)

Summer Olympics, I like to watch swimming, diving, track and field stuff and team sports like football and baseball.
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Old 11th April 2012, 06:46 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Women's Beach volleyball.

2 reasons:
1. Fun to look at
2. Only sport where there is no issues with doping, steroids, etc.

How could you forget.. very little ammont of clothes, on quite well made womans

surely the only sport to watch
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Old 11th April 2012, 07:42 PM   #8 (permalink)
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none of it. now polictical in-correctness has crept in, i will be avoiding it at all costs.

more this country panders to the insane religous nut jobs, the more i hate it and them for pushing this sick evil shit on us!!!
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Old 11th April 2012, 09:02 PM   #9 (permalink)
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I'll be on box hill watching the men's cycling road race, then I'll catch the men's time trial as it comes through the kingston area...I tried to get some velodrome tickets for the family, but that was never going to happen, which is a shame because this is probably where many of our medals will be won.
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Hopefully archery, as long as they decide to televise it. Usually it's just a couple of minutes before it's back to the bloody running.
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Old 13th April 2012, 10:46 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Probably none of them as I'll be too busy making sure the trains are maintained and running to take people home at 3am!!
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