Which Olympic Sports are you most looking forward to?

[Renew Deal]

There are too many great sports to list. Which are are you looking forward to?

I'm looking forward to Soccer, Basketball, Gymnastics, Volleyball, Beach Volleyball, Water Polo, Track and Field, and Diving. I'll be watching a bit of everything.

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	Track and Field
	5 (24%)
	Volleyball
	0 (0%)
	Boxing
	1 (5%)
	Cycling
	2 (10%)
	Soccer
	1 (5%)
	Basketball
	0 (0%)
	Weight Lifting
	0 (0%)
	Wrestling
	1 (5%)
	Gymnastics
	2 (10%)
	Other
	9 (43%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[bigwillq]

1. Track and swimming (nt)

[Broken_Hero]

2. Wrestling

is my number 1, followed by Track/Field and thats about it.

[RandySF]

3. Soccer and weightlifting .

My son is going crazy looking forward to swimming and track/field.

[RockaFowler]

4. Other = Swimming

Love the swimming competition

[Renew Deal]

12. I don't know how I left that out

[joeybee12]

5. Tennis and swimming. And, of course, DRESSAGE!

I hope Marie Antoinette's horse blows big time.

[bigwillq]

13. Oooh, I forgot about tennis!

TENNIS! Looking forward to tennis as well.

[TBF]

6. Tennis, Track & Field and Gymnastics in that order ... nt

[Auggie]

7. Bob Costas Bashing

[bluedigger]

9. You don't have to wait every four years for that!

[Auggie]

10. True ...

though at venues like this he is at his most sickening.

[Scurrilous]

43. ...

[El Supremo]

8. Other: Baseball

in 2020?

Hey! I was going to do this poll.

[mathematic]

11. Track (week 2)

But I like watching a bunch not-usually-televised sports in week 1. Judo, wrestling, weightlifting, and archery are all fun to watch.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. The Mitt Romney 40 meter dash...

with head up his rectum

[Jack Rabbit]

15. Other: Gymnastics II

There's only one event and one competitor: Mitt Romney will try to pull his Anglo-Saxon foot out of his mouth.

[Renew Deal]

16. lol

I think he will finish first in putting his foot in his mouth and last in taking it out.

[H2O Man]

17. Boxing.

I have watched some soccer, too. Some of the athletes are amazingly talented. And I enjoy watching all of the Olympic competition. But boxing is definitely #1 for me.

I hope that everyone else is enjoying the Olympics, too.

[PoliticAverse]

18. Solo synchronised swimming. n/t

[yesphan]

19. Tae Kwon Do

Also, as a Sooner fan, I will be watching the gymnastics as there are a few Sooners on the Olympic team.

[SeattleVet]

20. Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to watch any of the ones

that I'd really like to see. NBC has the coverage locked up, and has very little of the coverage on the schedule. What is there is mostly on NBC Sports Network, or MSNBC, with nothing scheduled for the on-the-air coverage on NBC. This year should be especially interesting since there is an American woman, Kim Rhode, who has the chance to become the first American to win a medal in an individual sport in 5 straight Olympics (in Women's Skeet).

http://www.usashooting.org/about/olympic-games/nbc-schedule

[HuckleB]

35. You should be able to get it online, if you have a cable provider.

[SeattleVet]

49. No cable. Thus no coverage available, until I find a foreign feed.

[HuckleB]

51. I don't have cable either, but I've watched plenty.

No foreign feeds necessary.

[SeattleVet]

52. OK, you've got my attention...

I have no cable provider. Where can I get a decent feed?

[JonLP24]

53. This is a good site if you have a good connection

Click on the "Other" for the misc. Olympic sports such as Archery. Basketball under basketball, soccer under soccer, etc.

http://www.thefirstrow.eu/

[SeattleVet]

54. Get blocked from viewing due to 'access restrictions'

not being able to determine that I'm in one of the Euro countries. I'll have to go through a Euro-proxy later today and see if that lets me through.

Thanks!

[JonLP24]

55. Sorry about that

I actually haven't used the site since the NHL Playoffs. I hope it works out.

[SeattleVet]

62. Must have been a glitch -

getting through now.

Thanks!

[radhika]

21. Track, swimming and gymnastics......n/t

[northoftheborder]

22. Tennis. Gymnastics, swimming and diving.

[VWolf]

23. The downhill

Gotta wait a couple years, tho.

[jjblazes]

24. Rowing (Crew)

doubles, fours, and eights.....The only true team sports.

[Vanje]

25. The pie-eating contest

[trusty elf]

26. Tennis

[Voice for Peace]

27. ice skating

I know, it's in the winter

[madrchsod]

28. football......ok soccer

[Stainless]

29. The Closing Ceremony

Meanwhile, I won't be watching any Olympic coverage.

[Bluzmann57]

30. Swimming

The battles between Lochte and Phelps could be interesting indeed. Although to be honest, I'll be interested to see how team USA basketball does against the rest of the world. I will root for LeBron and the boys, but ir would be interesting to see if anyone can play them close. A team like Spain for instance. Yeah I know Team USA blew out Spain in a recent exhibition, but I don't think Spain was going all out.

[DinahMoeHum]

31. Women's INDOOR volleyball (Team USA)

There's a stand-out player on Team USA I look most forward to watching in action.

Her name: Destinee Hooker

I first saw her on TV re the NCAA title match against Penn State (and vs. another stand-out player and now teammate Megan Hodge) a few years ago. She and her fellow Texas Longhorns nearly pulled the upset against the then-2-time defending champs PSU. After seeing this match (which went the distance, a full 5 games, and PSU getting the 3-peat in national titles), I thought, wow, I hope I see both of these players on the national team at the Olympics. Well, that day has come.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=destinee-hooker/index.html

Can't get over that name! I can just see her fans in the stands possibly waving a banner every time she makes a spike-kill saying "Destinee Rides Again - Hook 'Em, Horns". I know I would.

[JonLP24]

32. I watched that match

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Terrific Penn State team, they had a hell of a winning streak going on when that match took place. Kept it alive in a great match.

I went back to a thread I posted I noticed you saying the exact same thing. Brazil is tough so far.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=215x129384#129389

[Iggo]

58. Women's Indoor Voleyball.

Best.Sport.Ever.

[Posteritatis]

33. Fencing, mainly, though I'm also interested in seeing how Pistorius does. (nt)

[HuckleB]

34. Soccer is the main reason I'll be watching.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

36. When I was a kid part of the charm of the Olympics

was the off the beaten path events like archery, skeet shooting, track cycling and others. Now it's main events and nothing else. When they added more channels I thought they'd show more. But no, more of the main events with the hosts spinning hokey melodrama.

[MrSlayer]

37. I like the field events but not the track.

I particularly like javelin, discus and hammer throw. I also like gymnastics a lot, both genders. I like water polo and handball too.

[elbloggoZY27]

38. I Know Show.

The so called Olympics are nothing but a showcase for Pro Athletes.

Go College Football/Basketball.

[Scuba]

39. The ski jumping, naturally. Just 18 months to go!!!

[amandabeech]

40. And Figure Skating!

[amandabeech]

41. I got hooked on 8-person rowing during the Sydney Olys.

I have Comcast, and I'm trying to get it set up so that I can watch all the 8s.

I also have to confess an interest in Equestrian. I know all about the business with Mrs. Rmoney's horse, but I really wanted a horse when I was young. Jumping and Steeplechase are my faves.

[awoke_in_2003]

42. I voted track and field...

but if I were to narrow it down it would be the decathlon. You have to be a well rounded athlete for that one.

[The Wizard]

44. Bull fighting (NT)

[Coexist]

45. Badminton

...just kidding.

[SoapBox]

46. It's easier for me to say which events I'm NOT so keen on...

Boxing...cycling...equestrian...handball...tennis...just not my overall favs.

I can hardly wait for basketball, all water events, gymnastics and hope they show the trampoline.

The archery today was absolutely fascinating.

GO TeamUSA!!!!!!!!

p.s....and now my favorite winter Olympics event...curling!!!! I don't understand it but loved watching it.

[El Supremo]

47. I never knew there was Team Handball until today.

What else am I unaware of? (no snide comments!)

[secondvariety]

48. Women's Handball

It's like hockey without the ice. I never knew it was an event before today.

[littlewolf]

50. swimming and gymnastics nt

[Odin2005]

56. I like most of the events, I can't pick a favorite.

I'm wanting to see some Judo and Taekwondo, though.

[KamaAina]

57. What is this "track and field" of which you speak?

You must be referring to athletics.

Tyson Gay over Usain Bolt for the win, baby!!

[LWolf]

59. Other:

Fencing, because my grandson is a fencer. He's seen some already this weekend.

Anything equine, because my horses are curious.

Men's gymnastics, because one of my students is a fierce local competitor.

I don't know that I'm "looking forward" to them, since I may not get to the tv. No big deal.

I guess the only events I have an interest in are those that have a personal connection.

[a kennedy]

60. I didn't vote for any of the sports offered......

am learning to enjoy them all.....our cable company is covering most all the events with 4 channels to watch on!!! Count them 4...NBC, MSNBC, BRAVO, and NBCSN!! Just way to channels to watch...I won't be leaving the couch for weeks.

[Jamaal510]

61. The video game olympics.