OK. I'm up in the Olympic fever, but I was wondering when did the trampoline become an Olympic event? Oh, 2000. That explains alot. Still, the trampoline??? Don't get me wrong, I saw what they were doing and it is indeed difficult, but I don't think it is an Olympic event. It's the trampoline for kidney's sakes! That's like making 4-square an Olympic event. Don't get me wrong, it would be awesome but not really worthy of a game slot you know? Other possible Olympic events on the books: hop-scotch, tag, and freeze-tag. Can you imagine? "The US is fielding a good freeze-tag team this year, but have had a little trouble with their strategy in the warm-ups, let's see how they fair against the Australians..."
And because Michael Phelps is going up for his 8th gold in a few minutes, I'd just like to point out that there's a huge difference in the level of technology between Mark Spitz's era and today. I mean, look at the archive footage of Spitz, swimming with that shag-rag of a hairdo and a mustache. C'mon, when was the last time you saw a swimmer with a mustache? That's just hardcore. It's just like when modern day baseball players break records of old. Where today's fields are shorter and the season is longer. It's easier when you've got all those factors working for you.
OK, back to watching the Olympics. The women's swimming team just got spanked.
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Hey hey hey. Do not hate on Tramp and the years it takes to develop those fast-twitch muscle fibers. It's at least as much a sport as diving, and WAY more a sport than synchronized "swimming"!!
fine. you made your point. but i still think a freeze-tag event would make the olympics better. couldn't make it worse could it?
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