The Olympics start this Friday. It’s the one time when we have the TV on ’round the clock here. There’s nothing I won’t watch, and I have a particular fondness for the sports that aren’t often televised.
I thought I’d start a thread for folks to offer their thoughts on any or all of the following questions:
- Favorite Olympic sport
- Sport you wish was in the Olympics, but isn’t
- Favorite Olympian, past or present
- Sports your child or children have tried (or play seriously, depending on age)
My own answers: 1. Fencing and taekwondo, both of which I’ve done competitively (though not anywhere near the Olympic level); 2. The playground obstacle course; 3. Hard to pick just one all-time fave, but I’ve got my eye on Dara Torres this year; 4. Soccer, tennis, basketball, baseball, cycling, swimming, dodgeball, running, climbing, furniture jumping—the preschool decathlon. Right now, he’s dabbling in everything, and it’s wonderful.
1. Judo but it’s never televised, I can catch it online if I can stay up until 2:30am…not likely
2.Rugby or cricket, I know next to nothing about either but would like to know more
3. Florence Griffith Joyner
4.Soccer, swimming, climbing on playground equipment
Great question. I’ve been thinking about the Olympics a lot this week. It’s a big water cooler topic at my office. We don’t watch any television at our house either. The kid watch videos and I have a list of YouTube favorites that they enjoy sometimes. When I was a kid, I found the Olympics very inspiring so I’m planning to let the girls watch some of it if they’re interested. Since they’re taking swim lessons this summer, I will start with that.