Your Olympic Sport?
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standards

Original Poster:

1,191 posts

235 months

Tuesday 23rd July 2024
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With the 2024 Olympics starting in Paris (& elsewhere francais) if you could be an Olympic standard competitor at any of the 2024 events, what would you choose?

Pole vaulter for me.

Standards Junior#1 went for javelin, his wife gymnast (& definitely nearest of the family who was anywhere near a suitable standard).

Mrs Standards hates sports.

Edited by standards on Tuesday 23 July 12:47


Edited by standards on Tuesday 23 July 12:53

paulguitar

31,127 posts

130 months

Tuesday 23rd July 2024
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I'd be a 100m sprinter.


Less than a minute of work altogether. smile

MBBlat

1,972 posts

166 months

C5_Steve

6,257 posts

120 months

Tuesday 23rd July 2024
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Archery. Always quite enjoyed it recreationally and I'm not terrible at it.

Randy Winkman

19,275 posts

206 months

Tuesday 23rd July 2024
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100 metres freestyle.

I used to be quite a keen triathlete and watched loads of coaching videos. So in my imagination I'm an absolutely brilliant swimmer and simply glide through the water. I cant understand why I'm not an Olympic champion already.

geeks

10,597 posts

156 months

Tuesday 23rd July 2024
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C5_Steve said:
Archery. Always quite enjoyed it recreationally and I'm not terrible at it.
Yeah me too

MGJ2

411 posts

155 months

Thursday 25th July 2024
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Eventing,

My instructor is a member of the Olympic Team. I am just a spectator next sunday and monday.

Wacky Racer

39,999 posts

264 months

Thursday 25th July 2024
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The man that holds the starting pistol.

Nezquick

1,669 posts

143 months

Thursday 25th July 2024
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100% golf. I would love to play at that standard, plus be able to make a decent living off it as a pro outside of the Olympics.

ChocolateFrog

32,446 posts

190 months

Thursday 25th July 2024
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Probably one of the ones where you just have to be rich to participate.

No one in their right mind would choose Rowing or Swimming.

Tennis probably the most lucrative.

chemistry

2,789 posts

126 months

Friday 26th July 2024
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I’d like to try canoe slalom.


horseshoecrab

477 posts

225 months

Friday 26th July 2024
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Modern Pentathlon and Biathlon for the winter games

When the zombie apocalypse comes I'll be the most badass person around

Scabutz

8,548 posts

97 months

Friday 26th July 2024
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Swimming. 100/200m freestyle.

Especially now Phelps has retired

lufbramatt

5,499 posts

151 months

Friday 26th July 2024
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1500m on the track. My pb from when I was a junior would give me a good shout for a medal*





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