Orikoru
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It's probably only a matter of time until e-sports/gaming is included.Wait until the next Olympics when Hop Scotch comes in. Average age 9.4 for that event
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I suspect you are right, sadly. The defence for keeping e-sports and gaming out is reducing when so many other pastimes and 'non sports' (imo) have been added in already.
(Shuffles away to sit in a corner and be grumpy
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KenL
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Surely not!
Orikoru
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I wouldn't be at all surprised if it happens in the next decade.
KenL
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Gaming is not something I would consider as a sport.
Orikoru
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Neither is fannying about on a horse or riding a skateboard around.
Currently watching the speed climbing on Eurosport ?
Is climbing a wall, doing tricks on a bike or a skateboard? Synchronised swimming, dressage, rythmic gymnastics, surfing.
I'll stop now
GB72
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Not criticising it in any way but have noticed a number of american accents amongst the GB team. First grabbed my attention during the pre and post race interviews with the women runners but again today with the young skateboarder. Have we been on a recruitment drive on the other side of the Atlantic?
KenL
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Disagree. Those athletes are not fannying about. Years of dedication and practice.
Jimaroid
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Can't you take e-sports chat to another thread and leave the Olympics thread alone to chat about sports that are actually in the Olympics.
Orikoru
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Well it also takes years of dedication and practise to be the best at Fifa or Call of Duty. That isn't the definition of a sport.
Orikoru
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No, we're fine here thanks.
Is climbing a wall, doing tricks on a bike or a skateboard? Synchronised swimming, dressage, rythmic gymnastics, surfing.
I'll stop now
They’re bringing in a trolley dash around Lidl for the Paris olympics with various disciplines like the wonky wheel, granny in the way, kids on heelies, the coin slot not working properly and my favorite the person who joins the queue then goes and gets more shopping
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The skateboarder is half Japanese, half British.
She lives mostly in Japan, but travels a lot in the US due to that being where the competition etc is.
Fade and Die
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Same with e sports, I dabble at FIFA and I'm average.. people who put in serious hours and time become outstanding
Many argue golf isn't a sport its a past time so who knows
Orikoru
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Any idea why she competes for Britain?? Judging by her Wikipedia she has a British dad, but a Japanese mum and was born and largely lives in Japan. So Japan surely would have been the more logical choice.
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I don;t know, but I believe the Japanese are the best at the sport, so she may not have qualified for their team.
Beezerk
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They were saying this morning she lives in LA.
