olympic events that r NOT a sport

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Just because it doesn't involve a ball doesn't mean it isn't a sport.

I will let Paul Bettany express my feelings on this matter.

As the mother of a synchronized swimmer and a trained judge on the local level, there is a definite structure to the "scoring." The athletes are awarded points based on things like pool coverage, speed, height out of the water, difficulty of the routine, etc. (At the pre-Olympic level, athletes are awarded set number of points multiplied by a factor to account for difficulty of their "figures." The points are determined based, in part, on how much of their bodies they get out of the water.
Are you aware that the US Synchronized Swimming Olympic Team is selected earlier than any other US Olympic Team -- and they train as a group for more than a year before they even qualify to attend the Games?
Are you aware that they have some of the hardest workouts/training of any other sports' athletes?
They tread water for hours at a time. During a four-minute routine, they may spend close to a minute underwater before coming up for air. They are holding more than 50% of their body weight out of the water on some of their moves. They are frequently upside down, under water, moving down the pool -- without goggles, by the way -- staying completely together even when they can't see each other.
They lift and/or throw other swimmers out of the water -- holding them up even while never touching the bottom of the pool. Oftentimes, the lifted person is doing handstands on the raised up hands/arms of their teammate, or back tuck somersaults or other challenging tricks off the shoulders of their teammates.
Is it judged? Absolutely! But to say that these young women are not athletes and that they aren't engaging in sport is just wrong.

but you can't tell me that no one there is in it for the love of the game. ... You can't make a generalizing statement without qualifiers.

I never said the athletes weren't there for the love of the game, nor did I even elude to it. And qualifiers get people nowhere; arguments in regard to semantics are like competing in the special olympics.

Where have you been? I think you are my long lost brother!

Hah. I've been sporting this avatar for about a year now. Where have you been?

Seriously?? !!

Troll? Or just trolling to get a rise out of people?

SMH....

How about muff diving?

I think the OP is getting the definitions of the words "Sport" and "Game" mixed up.

Good Point.

It is the Olympic Games, not the Olympic Sports

I would love to hear you say this to the face of an athlete who has trained their whole entire life to be the absolute best. They've given up most of the luxuries that come with being a teenager or someone in their twenties, to compete at a level some of us can only dream of. The dedication that it takes is something we should admire, and not put down. Plus gymnastics and swimming are my favorite things to watch during the olympic games

Anything based solely on judging is NOT a sport. Its performance. Is it hard? Yes, could i do it? No....is it a sport? Not even close

So, BOXING is not a sport?

Gymnastics, synchronized swimmimg and diving....those all moght as well b cirque de so

Funny to hear from the untrained. My daughter is in gymnastics and trust me she is a great athlete and it is a sport. Synchronized Swimmers are in better shape than most anyone, you try to tread water while holding your breath for that long. Oh and by the way you are upside down. I would put them up against anyone in a "sport"... Now if you said Nascar was not a sport I am completely with you.

What about referees in football... don't they do some judging based on whether or not the ball passed through goal or over endzone line?

THANK YOU! A touchdown or base hit is equivalent to sticking a landing or completing a difficult move. The judging in gymnastics is how the "players" earn points and IMO is no different from earning a goal based on instant replay--someone has to see it and judge it as acceptable. And swimming is basically a race, no different from track and field in many ways. If you just don't like those sports, then don't watch them, but don't insult athletes by saying what they do is not a sport.

I think perhaps OP is just not understanding how some of these sports are actually scored.

Gymnastics and diving, for example, has circa 50% of the score pre-set based on difficulty, and there are very specific things that the judges are looking out for in the routine as to whether it has been executed properly. They are marked down if they perform these parts wrong in various ways. There is much less room for manoeuvre in the scoring than you might think. They have multiple judges so that they can ensure that they get a proper balance and things weren't missed.

OP would presumably say olympic boxing and Tae Kwon Do is also not a sport? These are based on strict rules, but is up to judges to determine if those rules have been fulfilled.

This is much like football where it is judged by a referee if a foul has been committed. Or cricket where it is judged by an umpire if the player was out in certain circumstances. Tennis where line judges and umpires judge whether a ball was in or out, or if an infringement has been made that warrants a warning or a disqualification.

Weightlifting has judges watching to make sure the lifts are executed properly.

Nearly all sports have an element of judging in them and gymnastics et al are no different. I think people just don't realise that they aren't just watching and giving a score based on how good they thought it was. They are watching for specific things and marking them down if they infringe. Much the same as a referee is watching the players and will call a foul if it is warranted.

sport: [spawrt, spohrt]
noun
1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature.

That would be the dictionary proving your opinion doesn't constitute fact.

Competing for opinions...not a sport

You obviously don't know how the scoring is done. In gymnastics, they have a set number of "moves" they have to include in their routine. They score points for completing these moves correctly. A large amount of their score is technical.

My vote for not a sport is equestrian. Not the way the olympics does it. Now left them rope and wrestle cattle and that is a sport!

Word!