People Break Down Which Sports They Think Should Absolutely Be In The Olympics

Archery, but add a little... spice.

"Archery with moving targets is something I'd like to see return."

"It's not livin' if you're a moving target."

- fredeghfghfgh

"Archery on horseback."

- Hillbillyblues

"I love archery at the Olympics, but would like to see the events expanded more. Other bow styles (compound, barebow, longbow/traditional) as well as like you said horseback archery."

- Deputy_Scrub

Bring back an ancient favorite.

"Old Greek naked hand to hand combat."

- MrOrangeMagic

"Pankration!"

- Vanatru

"Will there ever be a Pankrationist as legendary as Arrhichion, who in 564 BC managed to defeat an opponent after pulling a move that resulted in his own death?"

- AdvocateSaint

Maybe that's why we don't do this sport anymore.

Dreaming of this Paralympic challenge.

"I had a weird dream that one of the events was people in wheelchairs going down a steep ramp, and hitting an angled jump that made them barrel roll. They had to dunk a basketball while mid roll. I'm not sure how the scoring works, but that one."

- sosogos

"Sounds like a wheely ballsy sport with a steep learning curve."

- Speckfresser

"Happy Wheels."

devilthedankdawg

"I had a weird dream where blind people threw a rugby ball into an open fridge, and scored based on how much groceries came flying out."

"It took place on a pier and all the spectators [wore] black and white and dressed from the 30s. Weird stuff."

"There was some little shops and stuff, slap in the middle was an open fridge. I was competing against the blind guy and he was kicking my a**."

- incognitochaud

An elementary school classic.

"Dodgeball."

- No-Technician7661

"On the final day of the Olympics, anyone who has won a medal has to compete. More medals, bigger team."

- sefusmonkey

"Nah, only gold medal winners."

"And it's a free for all, no country alliances."

"All to determine the ultimate Olympic champion."

- ialo00130

Probably one of the more dangerous suggestions.

"They should totally bring back tug of war!"

- Any_Chemistry2103

"There is a massive tournament in Thailand where people have lost limbs if their team loses the rope - good international coverage."

- BMD04

"I vaguely recall seeing an explanation that the energy in the rope is absurdly high. Not something to play without constraints."

- Etiennera

This person found a website that really takes a look at the science behind tug-of-war.

"'If we figured out how to manufacture large ropes out of graphene ribbons, which have tensile strengths over 10 times higher than existing materials, we could theoretically support a tug-of-war between teams of up to 100,000 players each. Such a rope would be over 200 miles long, and could stretch from New York to Washington."'

- Hakar_Kerarmor

"Yeah but you'd have to dig a tunnel due to the Earth's curvature."

- UndercoverPackersFan

"And that's why we need to get started on this sooner rather than later."

- teacher272

We have got to give our teachers more credit.

"Listening to a child in the 4-7 age range tell a story. Whoever goes the longest without waving their hand to speed up the story wins the gold."

- four2andnew

"As a teacher I appreciate this."

- BMD04

"As a teacher I hate this."

- teacher272

Better than Soccer.

"It's more suited for the Olympics than the football itself and much more entertaining for casual audiences."

- thehdv7

"True! I would be in favor for changing football to futsal in a heartbeat. We already have the world cup so Olympics feel a bit meh for me."

- AnanananasBanananas

Why hasn't this been added?

"Squash - without a doubt."

1. "An extremely popular worldwide sport."
2. "Popular with both men and women."
3. "The top 50 players for both men and women come from almost every region in the world - definitely Egypt-heavy but top players come from Peru, Colombia, France, England, Scotland, Wales, Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, Pakistan, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, the US, and multiple other countries."
4. "Fast-paced and easy to televise. Okay - trading 20 rails in a row might not be that interesting to the new viewer but how exciting is a 1500M swim or a 2-person row."
5. "Skill and experience can match up well with youth and energy; so an "older" squash player could still beat a younger inexperienced one."

"I consistently played squash for about 2 years 1-2 times a week from a complete beginner level. The guy I played was a decent player and after those 2 years we were fairly consistent in him or myself winning equally. I got a chance to play a friend of my sisters who taught squash, I knew I still weren't that great, but to get better you've got to play higher-skilled people. He owned me badly. He put me anywhere on the court he wanted. It was an amazing experience, seeing the levels in the game."- grayz81"

I think you find that with all sports. You get to a level where you think "yeh I'm pretty good at this", until you meet someone who really is good."- user deleted

It seems it's a long process to get a sport into the Olympic arena. It involves a lot of paperwork, recognition, and approval from the International Olympic Committee, the International Sports Federation, and the Olympic Charter.

If you want to see a sport added to the next Olympic games in Paris, you'd better start applying!