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"36. Equestrian 35. Sailing 34. Canoe Slalom 33. Canoe Sprint 32. Field Hockey 31. Cycling- Mountain Bike 30. Cycling- BMX 29. Gymnastics- Rhythmic 28. Synchronized Swimming 27. Trampoline 26. Tennis 25. Handball 24. Water Polo 23. Rowing 22. Cycling- Track 21. Shooting 20. Badminton 19. Taekwondo 18. Football (Soccer) 17. Judo 16. Volleyball 15. Fencing 14. Archery 13. Cycling- Road 12. Beach Volleyball 11. Swimming 10. Boxing 9. Weightlifting 8. Wrestling 7. Modern Pentathlon 6. Triathlon 5. Table Tennis 4. Diving 3. Gymnastics- Artistic 2. Athletics (Track and Field) 1. Basketball"

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Can't argue with most of this, though basketball would be farther down on my list.

7/25/2012 4:46:39 PM

Threads ranked by suck:

2. Other threads
1. This thread

7/25/2012 4:48:26 PM

The only olympic activity worth a damn is curling.

Wake me up in 2 years.

7/25/2012 4:48:32 PM

The only olympic activity worth a damn is curling.

Wake me up in 2 years.

7/25/2012 4:49:20 PM

Perhaps I am overlooking something but I don't see smokable cocaine product aka london olympics 2012 crack cocaine on the list.

7/25/2012 4:50:16 PM

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"Threads ranked by suck: 2. Other threads 1. This thread"

Agreed.

This gem of yours is way better than this one

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7/25/2012 4:50:23 PM

the first 3 i can see....but then it just gets ridiculous. Swimming at #11 should be #4. Diving at #4 and Table Tennis at #5? lol...wtf?

7/25/2012 4:50:59 PM

Greg Hathcock was Ribs, I think

Random TWWer getting up in my facebook shit

7/25/2012 4:51:36 PM

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"Table Tennis at #5? lol...wtf?"

Ever watched Olympic table tennis?

7/25/2012 4:51:54 PM

Ever watched Olympic table tennis on weed?

7/25/2012 4:52:31 PM

hahahaha

7/25/2012 4:52:54 PM

hockey and curling are the only good olympic sports.

summer olympics are a complete waste except for maybe womens beach volleyball

7/25/2012 4:53:40 PM

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"3. Gymnastics- Artistic 2. Athletics (Track and Field) 1. Basketball""

sounds about right

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"TreeTwista10 go head Mr. Wendel 106828 Posts user info edit post - basketball - track and field - women's gymnastics 7/1/2012 10:22:20 PM"

7/25/2012 4:55:04 PM

Swimming, Track, and Gymnastics are the top 3 in no order, and it's really not even close.

add another note

Add basketball to the group and call it a top 4.

7/25/2012 4:55:31 PM

Summer olympics are about 50 times as entertaining as winter olympics.

7/25/2012 4:56:43 PM

^i agree, summer is way better.

and swimming is way too low on that list.

7/25/2012 5:01:59 PM

not in any order but marathon, women's soccer, road cycling, swimming, triathlon, rowing are what I'm looking forward to

7/25/2012 5:02:36 PM

Modern pentathalon is way too high, and beach volleyball & swimming way too low.

7/25/2012 5:05:29 PM

I'd like to watch

sailing
judo
tae kwon do

I've never seen any of those. Judo and TKD could get pretty damn boring depending on the rules, I suppose, but I'd still like to see it

7/25/2012 7:25:49 PM

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"Summer olympics are about 50 times as entertaining as winter olympics."

I'm excited for the summer olympics, but I don't like them nearly as much as I do the winter olympics

and basketball would not be anywhere near my top 20 on that list... same goes for boxing

looking forward to the swimming, fencing, diving, track/field and gymnastics

[Edited on July 25, 2012 at 7:43 PM. Reason : .]

7/25/2012 7:42:13 PM

I find the coverage of summer Olympics to be far more boring (no cable). After showing multiple groups run 50m, 100m, 200m, 500m, 1000m, 1500m, 5000m, etc. then repeat the same nonsense with relays; then show swimming in a similar vein - small incremental distances for multiple groups and multiple swimming strokes... so, so boring.

That and they never show any cool sports because they're too busy showing the same thing with ever so slight variation over and over. Yeah, yeah. Get cable/satellite.

7/25/2012 8:05:17 PM

It's a dumb list. You can't group men's and women's together. Women's soccer is far more important than men's soccer (it's the #2 women's soccer tournament in the world) and I would say far more important than women's basketball even, which is riding the coattails of the men's tournament being number 1.

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"That and they never show any cool sports because they're too busy showing the same thing with ever so slight variation over and over. Yeah, yeah. Get cable/satellite."

This would be a valid complaint if it were 1980 still. But now, every soccer game, basketball game, tennis match, etc is on TV (msnbc, cnbc, nbc, nbc sports, etc).

** Oh, lol... you don't have cable.

[Edited on July 25, 2012 at 8:13 PM. Reason : don't complain about sports not being on if you don't pay for cable!]

7/25/2012 8:11:30 PM

Beach Volleyball is #1 in my book.

7/25/2012 8:46:57 PM

You forgot the "because they wear skimpy bikinis"

7/25/2012 8:50:58 PM

boxing should be dead last

lol

7/25/2012 9:17:10 PM

boxing should be dead last

lol

JUDO and wrestling are the most exciting, the guys are so good and youre on the edge of your seat awaiting a scoring technique it is so intense

[Edited on July 25, 2012 at 9:18 PM. Reason : .]

7/25/2012 9:17:10 PM

i see why they would say basketball, but i don't get too excited about that because we see basketball all the time.

if i made the list, the top 3 would be swimming, track and field, and gymnastics

7/25/2012 9:23:08 PM

i think some people prefer the winter olympics because its generally sports that we don't usually see...luge, curling, etc...whereas we see basketball and tennis and stuff all the time

but i prefer seeing the more common sports like basketball played for world domination

and it sounds like im in the minority of this thread, but i dont really give a shit about swimming...it was cool last year because michael phelps usa #1...but otherwise who cares...and anything over 200m is boring

7/25/2012 9:32:42 PM

basketball shouldn't be in the top 5.

7/25/2012 9:33:09 PM

if the US hadn't shut the bed in the 2004 Olympics, basketball might be lower

7/25/2012 9:37:04 PM

Apparently a local horseman celebrity is competing in the Olympics. I might tune in to watch. See if Equestrian deserves a ranking of 36

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"A local equestrian is in London to compete in the Olympics. Phillip Dutton calls Chester County home but was born "down under." Dutton has 40 horses at his True Prospect Farm in West Grove, Chester County, just outside Kennett Square. This will be his fifth Olympics, his second riding for the United States. He rode three times for his native Australia before becoming an American. He was part of Australia's gold medal winning team in 1996. Dutton will try for a medal in the three-day event, which he explained during a phone call from London. "It's like a triathlon of all sports, we do three different phases which is dressage on one day, cross-country jumping on the next and then the stadium jumping on the third day," said Dutton. If your equestrian experience is limited to a pony ride, this is like asking a single horse/rider combination to be a ballerina, then a marathon runner and then a slalom skier. The sports require finesse and discipline and at times all out running. Jenny Brannigan is one of the assistant trainers at Dutton's farm. She says his horse Mystery Whisper will help Dutton with his weak spot, dressage. That discipline demands horses followed a choreographed routine while the rider uses only slight hand motions to direct the animal. "We all have strengths and weaknesses doing three different disciplines and he's the best cross country rider in the world and a great jump rider and that horse's strength is dressage, which he believes is one of his weaker phases," said Brannigan. "So he says it's really important to pick a horse that going to improve their weaknesses and vice-versa for the rider." Dutton says at 47-years-old, he's still able to compete and could have a leg up on some of the other riders. "Experience plays a big part, certainly you do need to keep in shape you don't want to be overweight you need to have good balance to stay on galloping horse at speed and jump your jumps and not interfere with the horse," he said. That's a major understatement. To jump a four foot tall fence at a gallop without practice runs takes more than balance. It takes an understanding of the animal and a keen ability to read the course. Phillip's wife Evie Dutton says her husband's day at the barn would put many other athletes to shame. "Phillip rides eight horses a day he also runs and he's not a young man anymore he works at it, he loves what he does, he watches what he eats," she said. "He's an athlete and the horses are obviously athletes as well." The horse business is a family affair. Evie's daughter Lee Lee Jones is an aspiring Olympian. She says it's impressive to watch her stepfather work. "It's pretty amazing, he's a huge role model and I look up to him, the Olympics is the best, the top of the sport," said Jones. Assistant trainer Brannigan also dreams of the Olympics and is thankful that Dutton has taken her under his wing. "He's unbelievable to work for and he's made into a big professional here and he's really helped me because I've had some really bad things happen," said Brannigan. "These people have become my family and they are amazing to work for we've been through a lot together, I just love being here." Dutton came to Chester County because it's known as a great place to train against high calibre competition. Why did he stay? For one, he met his wife who has roots here. For another, Evie Dutton says the area is perfect for training Olympic equestrians. "The land and the community, we have a great tradition of equestrian sports in this area," she said. "Fox hunting is very important and that helps with the open space, steeple chasing, driving, there's just and kind of equestrian sport here. You have top notch facilities, [Penn's] New Bolton Center is just down the road, the best vets the best farriers, everything that supports an equestrian operation." As he prepares to fight Olympic favorites England and Germany in the three-day competition, Dutton says unlike in some other sports, this is the biggest stage. "Certainly to be involved in the Olympic games what I do is a relative small sport To be a part of the Olympic games is pretty magical, it's like to play in the Super Bowl." Dutton's events begin this weekend."

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