What Olympic sport would you want to compete in?

[meems]

Assuming you were physically able to and had the skills, training . . . .yada yada yada . . .

I think I'd want to do some sort of rowing event. Rowing has always been fascinating to me.

[nikkiARNGwife]

I haven't watched the Olympics in years..but I was about 10 when May Lou Retton won the gold medal in 1984 and I was SOO determined to be a gymnast after that...lol...too bad my mom wouldn't let me take classes... lol!

[Shawna]

I always wanted to be a gymnast, even took classes and all that when I was younger. But I never stuck with it, too much work lol!

But I have to say that Michael Phelps is a total hottie, maybe I'd rather be a swimmer instead

[pomi]

Long jump .

[pomi]

Originally Posted by Shawna

But I have to say that Michael Phelps is a total hottie, maybe I'd rather be a swimmer instead

...you mean so that you could meet him in the warm up area and just say "Good luck, Michael!" and he'd say "Good luck, Shawna. See you later!"

[kscwgirl]

Javelin. I actually threw for a while in high school but I just don't have that much upper arm strength. LOL I also love gymnastics.

[DawnMarch]

Definitely gymastics, though I agree that I wouldn't want to work that hard!

[lhaslem]

gymnastics for sure - I can remember watching the Olympics (when Mary Lou Retton was the big thing) and wanting to be just like her and those other girls.

I did catch the fencing girls the other night and that kinda looked fun too

[Shawna]

Originally Posted by pomi

...you mean so that you could meet him in the warm up area and just say "Good luck, Michael!" and he'd say "Good luck, Shawna. See you later!"

Yep that's exactly why lol! Although I'd probably never get any training done, I'd be too busy staring! They said he's really good friends with that one female swimmer (her name is escaping me right now lol), being "friends" wouldn't be too bad I think!

[pomi]

Originally Posted by Shawna

Yep that's exactly why lol! Although I'd probably never get any training done, I'd be too busy staring!

You'd swim backstroke!

[Robin Carlton]

Swimming for sure. I LOVE to swim!

[lovely1m]

For summer: swimming. I LOVE swimming and I love to do it. I was on the swim team when I was younger, but the best I ever did was win a heat on my own. lol

For winter: snowboarding!

[iJenny]

Well, first I'd be a world-class javelin thrower so that I could make Breaux Greer fall in love with me and we'd make little javelin-throwing babies together...


but if I was being serious about doing a sport, it would be volleyball. I played it competitively growing up and I just love everything about it.

[lizzyfizzy]

i'd want to be a horse in equestrain! no really, volleyball. it's my thang!

or gymnastics. it looks like sooo much fun. how they manipulate their bodies to defy gravity like that blows my mind!

[ColleenSwerb]

In this dream land, I'd def be a swimmer. I would LOVE to have a body like that. Plus, I love the water

If we're talking a lttle close to reality, it'd definitely be soccer. I LOVE soccer and played for forever. If I wasn't such a smarty pants and didn't go to such a huge school, I would've tried to play in college.

[mrs_jb]

I would have to say swimming. I come from a family of swimmers, so it's always been something that interested me, but I just don't have the skill.

[BrattyMeg]

It's Katie Hoff Shawna...They train together (uh huhhh)

I did gymnastics for about 9 years (started with I was 3) then I hit a growth spurt and it was all over for me (although i stopped at 5'4 lol)

I LOVE swimming though..swam for my highschool team. I could rock an IM relay

[Tracie Stroud]

I would looooove to do figure skating. I've always dreamed of doing it. Not much chance, since I live in Louisiana. lol

[meems]

Originally Posted by pomi

...you mean so that you could meet him in the warm up area and just say "Good luck, Michael!" and he'd say "Good luck, Shawna. See you later!"

LOL

I tried out for fencing in high school and didn't make it past the first day I think. My thighs ached for like 3 days afterward.

um, am I the only one who thinks that swimmers have weird-looking bodies?

[ColleenSwerb]

Originally Posted by meems

um, am I the only one who thinks that swimmers have weird-looking bodies?

Yes.

[Julie Billingsley]

Beach Volleyball! Hot bodies, great beaches.. .yep, that would be my sport!

[Paula]

Definitely diving and swimming.

[kscwgirl]

Originally Posted by meems

um, am I the only one who thinks that swimmers have weird-looking bodies?

Yes, Mimi, it's just you.

[Joan]

Without question, Women's hockey.

[Joan]

Originally Posted by meems

um, am I the only one who thinks that swimmers have weird-looking bodies?

No.

[KristinCB]

When I was little I definately would have said gymnastics. I watched the movie "nadia" and became OBSESSED with gymnastics and made my mom put me in lessons - then discovered I'm a huge wimp and was scared of doing anything so that didn't last all that long.

Now.. oh I would LOVE to be a swimmer. I would love to be able to swim like that and have that kind of endurance (and body!)

[pomi]

Originally Posted by meems

um, am I the only one who thinks that swimmers have weird-looking bodies?

Don't look at their legs, look at the rest - yummyyyy

[alansrock]

I swam the Butterfly & Freestyle in high school so I would be all over that!

[meems]

Originally Posted by Joan

Without question, Women's hockey.

hey Joan, ever see the movie Chak De! India? very good

Originally Posted by pomi

Don't look at their legs, look at the rest - yummyyyy

LOL! actually i don't even think I looked at their legs, I was stuck on their weird-looking torsos

Originally Posted by kscwgirl

Javelin. I actually threw for a while in high school but I just don't have that much upper arm strength.

i tried shot put in high school. the sprinters could throw it farther than I could. saaad.

[DawnMarch]

speaking of weird-looking bodies -- I'm sorry, but those gymnasts are unnaturally stubby.

[meems]

Originally Posted by DawnMarch

speaking of weird-looking bodies -- I'm sorry, but those gymnasts are unnaturally stubby.

I agree!

[Laura_A]

Gymnastics for me... or Figure Skating.

[aggiefamily]

Do they have an event in napping?

I like scyronized swimming. I can hold my breath under water for a long time. And shooting. I can shoot a gun pretty well.

[Joan]

Originally Posted by meems

hey Joan, ever see the movie Chak De! India? very good

How very Canadian of me to just assume everyone knew I meant ice hockey. But the movie does look very good!

[newfiemountiewife]

Figure skating LOL...I wish I had lived somewhere with elite training. Sigh.

Summer Olympics...definitely diving! But I'm too much of a wimp to do that!

[jessica31876]

ice skating, some sort of swimming event or volleyball(is that an olympic sport? LOL)

[MelissaL88]

Soccer, swimming or track. I played soccer in Jr. High/High School, ran Track (I was a hurdler) in Jr. High and I just LOVE to swim. I can hold my own with Free, back & breast strokes, but I can't butterfly to save my life. LOL! But, since my oldest son (he's 9) has decided he wants to train for the Olympics, I guess I'm going to get better at those stokes

It's funny, when I was in Jr. High (I think), we tried gymnastics during PE. I have the crappiest balance of anyone I know...I kept falling off the balance beam and it was only about 2 inches off the ground

[meems]

Originally Posted by Joan

How very Canadian of me to just assume everyone knew I meant ice hockey. But the movie does look very good!

LOL, it occurred to me about 5 minutes after I posted that you might have meant ice hockey

[stayawake]

Equestrian!
I LOVE horses, but havn't had the opportunity to take lessons much, just ride at camp where my brother took lessons and then beame the barn director and head riding instructor! SUCH a cool sport!

[Brooke W]

Since the only athletic thing I was ever good at was riding horses, it'd definitely be certain equestrian events,lol. Never the 3 day events; cross country is just too dangerous , i'm not that gutsy,lol.
It'd be dressage most likely (it's pronounced dress-AZH', it's a French word)
most likely for me.
It's also one of the many events I don't get on our cable service because NBC wants an exorbatant amount of money for their events they don't consider major on the other nbc affliate networks .

[LeeAndra]

Ha ha. In the Dr. Seuss-esque world that would need to exist for me to (a) work out regularly, (b) care abt competing and/or being the best, and (c) provide me the $$ and time to train FT w/o needing to worry abt bills... the only sport I'd be interested in would be tantric making out.

Breaux and Michael... line up, boys! There is plenty of LA's luscious lips to go around!

[Stacey42]

The uneven bars. I think that is as close to flying as you can get.

[EveRecinella]

Winter - Figure Skating

Summer - Diving