Every year, we hear about different sports that are allowed to become official Olympic events, or sports that are events on a temporary basis, but they’re often just the same old sports, like baseball and softball.
While I’m not necessarily coming up with some sports that should be in the Olympics, I’m talking about some physical sports disciplines that should definitely be Olympic events. I’ll try to cite examples as I go, but think along the lines of sporting events like the high jump, long jump and diving. These are things done within other sports, that have earned their own Olympic event.
9 Sporting Events That Should Become Olympic Events
Most of these are dead serious, but there are a couple in here that just seem like they’d be awfully fun to watch the very best compete at on TV every four years.
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