The London Olympics begin at the end of this week. It is an exciting time to be able to watch our team of athletes compete. However the present Olympic games are hugely different from modern Olympics that were first held over 100 years ago.
There are many sports in the Olympics that just don't seem to fit. Football (soccer) has it's own world cup, and tennis also has it's own major events every year. There are other sports that also seem unusual for an Olympic Games.
This week you are going to look at all the sports in the Olympic Games and choose the sports that you don't think should be in the Olympics. Explain your reasons behind your choices.
http://www.london2012.com/sports/
basket ball because it has other games other then in the olympics, shooting because it just doesnt seem right to be in the olympics, soccer becouse its all ready got the hole world playing in the world cup, tennis becuese it has its own events that take place other then the olympics, judo because it theres already a fighting thing in it teakwondo because there cant be lots of fighting things and it does'nt sound right
ReplyDeletei ment the hole world has team from defferent countriesin the world cup
DeleteI think under 23s football and normal football should be taken out because it already has its own world cup which is the biggest sporting event in the world. Also i don't think syncronised swimming shouldn't be in because not many people watch it and not many people do it. Other than that i think all the sports are fine. GO TEAM NZ.
ReplyDeleteLachie
I think that rugby sevens and soccer should be removed from the Olympics because they both have there there own world cups and are played widely across the whole world and I think that there are just to many sports and the Olympics just take to long for me because 100yrs ago It would cost little or nothing at all to see the Olympics and now it costs a fortune. :p
ReplyDeleteErin
i think that soccer and rugby sevens shouldnt be there because they have their own world cups and tennis and basketball have their own major events as well
ReplyDeleteby jeremy
I dont think , like most others, that tennis, basketball, soccer, and rugby sevens should not be in the olympic sports because they are team sports, and i thought the olympics were to find the best one person in that catagory, not a whole team!
ReplyDeleteBy Emily
I think, like most other that basketball, rugby sevens, and soccer should not be played because they are team sports and I thought the Olympic sports were to find the best one person of each category not a whole team!
ReplyDeleteI think that tennis, soccer and rugby sevens should not be in the Olympics because they are team sports and they all have their own world cups, and they are played lots around the world, and also the olympics is about finding the best person in the world not finding a team that is what the world cups are for.
ReplyDeleteBasketball, Soccer and any other team sports as they are team sports and have there own specific competitions. also synchronized swimming, Diving, And handball as no one watches these sand they are just a waste of time and some may not even class them as sports.
ReplyDeleteBy Quintin
horse riding should not be in the olympics because well it basically is not a sport and who really watches dressed up horses just walking around. Gun shooting should not be in the olympics because it isnt a sport in my eyes and if something went wrong someone could get badly hurt.
ReplyDeleteBy courtney
sports such as football should not be in the olympics because they have their own world cups that they can win cups in. synchroised swimming,diving cause not many watch them and shooting cause it can be dangerous and not many people watch it.
ReplyDeleteI think that rugby sevens should be taken out of the Olympics because we already have the rugby world cup and if there is too much rugby it will get boring after awhile. GO NZ!!! ,Zane
DeleteI don't think tennis should be in the Olympics because it has many other competitions and really its only whacking a green bouncy ball at each other.
DeleteI think that the Olympics are too long now and have so many different sports!
ReplyDeleteSome like rugby sevens and soccar should be taken out because athletes there have a shot at fame in the World Cups!
Also tennis because there are loads of other competitions for tennis players and putting it in the Olympics just makes the tickets cost more than the normal matches! It's most likely to be the same people and they'll just be doing the same thing!
Unlike the other people who say syncronised swimming should be removed I think it should stay. Because they don't have huge world wide competitions that get broadcasted all over the planet and the Olympics make a perfect place for them to compete against other countries on TV. It takes a lot of skill to swim totally in time with each other and it doesn't matter if theres nobody there, they still have a chance to win something rather than the rugby players that have so many chances to win something its not funny.
i think tennis should be removed because it has enough competitions around the world and some of the other sports don't have world competitions and also soccer shouldn't be in the olympics for the same resons as the tennis.
ReplyDeletelance
I think soccer should be romoved because it has its own world cup but the other sports should be because they dont.
ReplyDeleteBENJAMIN RUDD
are think everything thats in there should stay because if its in the olympics there must be a reason or they wouldnt be in the olympics
ReplyDeleteI think soccer should not be in it because they have a huge world wide soccer event already the world cup plus the tennis since they have heaps and heaps of events already
ReplyDeleteAlso I don't really think synchronized swimming should be there it doesn't seem like a real sport to me