how well would you do in the olympics?

Jul 30, 2021 at 04:39 AM

if you went to the olympics, how well do you think you would do?

what event do you think you'd be good at- and do you think their's a chance you might get a medal?

I think if I went to the olympics, I would have to take part in a throwing event- something like javelin. I wouldn't be able to do any running events (I'm seriously not fit enough to run!) just walk, very very slowly- and I can't swim.

but a throwing event... maybe,. I don't think I'd be good enough to get any medal, but I could throw pretty far I think

what about you

Mountaindewed · Jul 30, 2021 at 05:02 AM

If I had started to learn how to skateboard as soon as I moved I’d be able to cruise a bit around. But not like in the olympics.

But there’s really no sport I’m good at. I tried running once after my surgery. While it felt great not to have that amount of weight anymore, I just haven’t tried again. My heart rate got too high and I felt like I was going to pass out. I tried cross country in Jr. High but I could never get the hang of the whole “pace yourself” thing and I’d get winded after half a mile.

RoxanneToto · Jul 30, 2021 at 08:18 AM

I’d do good at the equestrian events (used to ride but haven’t for years) and maybe archery. I’d expect bronze, or silver. I’d be useless at swimming or gymnastics. I got third place at a high school sports day in javelin, so I reckon I’d get a bronze medal there, at least.

Nammu · Jul 30, 2021 at 12:25 PM

Well I can ride but it would have to be a bare backed event. I could probably do the synchronized swimming and place in that but I understand that’s no longer an event? Do they have speed reading? I’d get a good in that!

poshgirl · Jul 30, 2021 at 12:53 PM

Something shooting-related. Maybe clay pigeon or skeet. I'd try archery too.

Only ever done on video game. Beat everyone!

downandlonely · Jul 30, 2021 at 05:55 PM

I'm hopeless at anything athletic.

If it was something like trivia, I might do pretty well. I know most of the answers on Jeopardy.

RoxanneToto · Jul 30, 2021 at 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Nammu

Well I can ride but it would have to be a bare backed event. I could probably do the synchronized swimming and place in that but I understand that’s no longer an event? Do they have speed reading? I’d get a good in that!

They very well might have had speed reading if they’d kept it similar enough to the very first Olympic Games! Although I do believe people competed naked then, too

Nammu · Jul 30, 2021 at 06:27 PM

Ooo I’d be disqualified if I had to compete naked! I’d be the one covered in a toga.

*Beth* · Jul 30, 2021 at 06:54 PM

I'm not an athletic person, unfortunately. Medication really contributes to my lack of stamina. That said, I would love to be a gymnast. I'm awed by their abilities on the bars and the floor routines.

downandlonely · Jul 30, 2021 at 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by RoxanneToto

They very well might have had speed reading if they’d kept it similar enough to the very first Olympic Games! Although I do believe people competed naked then, too

They were naked and only men were allowed to compete. I think the point of the nudity was to prove you were a man...

VabGirl · Jul 30, 2021 at 08:45 PM

Not well at all, lol

GypsyButterfly · Jul 30, 2021 at 09:05 PM

I'm not athletic, at all. I would fail miserably in everything. I do take walks. With my dogs or on my own. Sometimes with a friend. I don't think they have an event for that. I also dance pretty well. Free form. I have a friend that took different lessons, including, salsa. She thinks I have good rhythm. Even so, I don't think it's enough to win any competitions. If it was, I'd audition for AGT (America's Got Talent).

Blue_Bird · Jul 30, 2021 at 10:03 PM

I’m not athletic at all. I walk a ton (everywhere) since I don’t have a car, that’s about it. Running is absolutely out of the question, I hate running and feel like I’m dying when I do have to because I’m out of shape. I’m sure I could get better at it if I tried. I’m sure it starts to feel good after awhile. But I’m not there yet.

I can barely swim, so that’s out too.

If walking was an Olympic sport I’d probably do good at that since I do so much of it.

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RoxanneToto · Jul 31, 2021 at 02:03 AM

I detest running, too. I’d be disqualified for cheating because I’d pull out a skateboard! There is a race walking event, but I think you still need to be fit and have endurance. I walk a lot, too, but after watching race walking not sure I’d be cut out for it!
Women could compete, but only in chariot races and they had to hire male drivers - the owners were seen as the winners, though. So glad it’s not like that now. Incidentally, that was the only sport where men competed with clothes on, lol. First women to compete and win at the Games did so in 1900.

Jul 31, 2021 at 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by downandlonely

I'm hopeless at anything athletic.

If it was something like trivia, I might do pretty well. I know most of the answers on Jeopardy.

the chase UK called

wondering if you'd be interested in becoming a chaser for the new season

lol...

eskielover · Jul 31, 2021 at 02:30 PM

My horse & I would have to do some major training for the dressage events. Neither of us have ridden in a few years & never competed at the Olympic level anyway. Have always dreamed of doing a free style routine with my horse. Maybe some day

downandlonely · Jul 31, 2021 at 02:48 PM

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the chase UK called

wondering if you'd be interested in becoming a chaser for the new season

lol...

What is the chase? A trivia show?

zapatoes · Aug 01, 2021 at 02:44 AM

I’m good at swimming, but would need to get much faster. Like running, but would not care for sprinting in short distance races. Ice skating is out, but looks like it would be fun to know how to ice skate. Gymnastics is not for me, but the dancing gymnastics routine might be fun. Maybe the ideal event would be dancing events, good at studying and memorizing info events. Also enjoy archery and playing darts, and fairly good at it. Archery is maybe in the Olympics.

Soupe du jour · Aug 01, 2021 at 04:22 AM

Well, certainly fail miserably at every sport. But when I was younger, I wasn't that bad at darts, but then again that's not an Olympic sport.

TishaBuv · Aug 01, 2021 at 07:54 AM

I was a pretty good ice skater as a kid, but my lessons stopped when my sister broke her leg having a lesson at the same rink.

I would do well as a spectator at the Olympics.

I would win the Gold if there was a sport called Ruminating.

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RoxanneToto Grand Poohbah Member Since Aug 2020 Location: England Posts: 1,692 3 6,991 hugs given	Jul 30, 2021 at 08:18 AM #3 I’d do good at the equestrian events (used to ride but haven’t for years) and maybe archery. I’d expect bronze, or silver. I’d be useless at swimming or gymnastics. I got third place at a high school sports day in javelin, so I reckon I’d get a bronze medal there, at least.
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poshgirl Veteran Member Member Since Sep 2018 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 603 5 229 hugs given	Jul 30, 2021 at 12:53 PM #5 Something shooting-related. Maybe clay pigeon or skeet. I'd try archery too. Only ever done on video game. Beat everyone!
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downandlonely Legendary Member Since Mar 2018 Location: United States Posts: 10,760 (SuperPoster!) 6 10.6k hugs given	Jul 30, 2021 at 05:55 PM #6 I'm hopeless at anything athletic. If it was something like trivia, I might do pretty well. I know most of the answers on Jeopardy.
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Nammu Crone Member Since May 2010 Location: Some where between my inner mind and the solar system. Posts: 71,382 (SuperPoster!) 13 53.6k hugs given	Jul 30, 2021 at 06:27 PM #8 Ooo I’d be disqualified if I had to compete naked! I’d be the one covered in a toga. __________________ *Nammu* …Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. …... Desiderata Max Ehrmann
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Beth catches the flowers Member Since Jul 2019 Location: Downtown Vibes, California Posts: 15,701 (SuperPoster!) 4 23.7k hugs given	Jul 30, 2021 at 06:54 PM #9 I'm not an athletic person, unfortunately. Medication really contributes to my lack of stamina. That said, I would love to be a gymnast. I'm awed by their abilities on the bars and the floor routines. __________________
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Soupe du jour Elder Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Czechia Posts: 5,154 8 13.4k hugs given	Aug 01, 2021 at 04:22 AM #19 Well, certainly fail miserably at every sport. But when I was younger, I wasn't that bad at darts, but then again that's not an Olympic sport.
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TishaBuv Legendary Member Since Dec 2014 Location: USA Posts: 10,193 (SuperPoster!) 9 1,872 hugs given	Aug 01, 2021 at 07:54 AM #20 I was a pretty good ice skater as a kid, but my lessons stopped when my sister broke her leg having a lesson at the same rink. I would do well as a spectator at the Olympics. I would win the Gold if there was a sport called Ruminating. __________________ "And don't say it hasn't been a little slice of heaven, 'cause it hasn't!" . About Me--T
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