The Olympics is among the largest form of sports event in the world, and the biggest interms of countrys and participators...There are so many events in the Olympics, I was wondering what everyone here follows through, I guess it will be Athletics...

Anyway My favourite is the Swimming, it used to be Gymnastics...now swimming.. Aussies, Dutchs, USA all superpowers here and it full of blood pumping action to me, Thorpe Vs Phelps Vs Hoogenband..
thats me

Whats urs ?

Any Athletics event i have to say is my favourite, very exciting, 100m is probably the best. As for the Winter Olympics, i think theyre all rubbish.

If you can include the Winter Olympics in this topic, then it has to be the short-track speed skating for me. I think the excitement is unparrelelled in Olympic competition and the technical movements of the sport are almost an artform.

A truly beautiful competition.

From the Summer Olympics, I find the Decathlon, Heptathlon and Modern Pentathlon incredible. The fitness of every competitor in every aspect is second to no other sport. The speed, agility, strength, power, acceleration and stamina are there for all to see and the chapions truly are the fittest athletes on the planet.

100m relay always gets my attention.

i dont cound winter olympics as olympics but one even that i do watch is MENS hockey.... womens hockey is aa joke as are the rest of the "sports"

Mens Ice Hockey is the best sport in either olympics.

Oh yes it has to be the Men/Womens Hockey (so canadian cant you tell)

Canada for Both golds

in the REAL olympics not the winter foauxlympics i like the track and field stuff and the basketball aint half bad

Men's Hockey in Winter And Soccer In Summer

Athletics, mainly 200M,400M + 4X400M.

I saw the recent Winter Hockey game between Sweeden & Russia..Wow it was cool

100m relay

Looks like i was right so far with the womens hockey , just need the mens to win and then once again Canada is the worlds best at hockey.

for me, its the 100m and the 4X100 relay track and field

No big deal, now that we're winning again. Canada for gold, you can quote me

And to whoever says that there shouldnt be winter olympics: WTF?? There are plenty of winter sports...

Skiing is also really cool, especially super g

Mens Icehockey!

I've been thinking this over, but I can't come up with an answer. What's the difference between the downhill and the super g?

Super G incorporates aspects of both Downhill and Giant Slalom racing. It involves skiing between widely spaced gates as in Giant Slalom, but with fewer turns over a longer course and with higher speeds approaching those achieved in Downhill. The minimum number of gates is 35 for men and 30 for women. Super G skiers will often assume the "tuck" position as in Downhill, but will continue turning constantly as in Giant Slalom, rarely encountering the periodic straight "gliding" sections of a Downhill course. Super G courses in international competition must be at least one minute in length and can be as long as one minute and 45 seconds. Speeds at the Alpine Skiing World Cup level generally average from 88-96 km (55-60 miles) per hour.

Super G is unique in that it is conducted over one run, like Downhill, but racers are not permitted to train the course at full speed before the race. As in Giant Slalom and Slalom, they are allowed only a one hour visual inspection of the course on the morning of the race. This distinction adds to the unpredictable nature of the event and requires ski racing abilities that are different from the other three discipline.

and

The downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships.

"Downhill skiing" is also commonly a term synonymous with "alpine skiing" to denote the sport and recreational activity of alpine skiing in general.

More generally, the term may be used in any sport involving the speedy descent of a hillside. Examples include snowboarding, mountain biking, different skateboarding variants, such as and longboarding, freebording and mountain boarding and even municycling.

The "downhill" discipline involves the highest speeds and therefore the greatest risks of all the alpine events. Racers on a typical international-level course will exceed speeds of 130 kilometers per hour (80 mph) and some courses, such as the famous Hahnenkamm course in Kitzbühel, Austria, speeds of up to 150 kilometers per hour (93 mph) in certain sections are expected. Racers must have great strength, stamina, technical expertise and courage if they wish to compete in the downhill.

Cheers.

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Hey Enrique..USA seems to be the superpower in almost all Olympics , Except in Hockey, we see Canada & Russia & and In Swimming we got the Aussies...

But Just tell how good is the US Hockey teams that consist of NHL stars like Canada...

There was once a basketball team called Dream Team ....

Im not Enrique but... the US mens team is in a rebuilding phase right now. Their whole team plays in the NHL but they are hardly stars. Most of the marquee players from the 2002 team, the core of their team, got too old and is gone. Guys like Hull, Roenick, Amonte, Leetch Chelios (although hes still playing) etc. are all past it. Also the US has always had a problem with goaltending. After Richter they havent had a solid #1. Esche and Di Pietro are okay, but no where near good enough compared to other top goalies. All the new talent in the NHL these days is from elsewhere, ie. Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin etc. However, there is a new wave of American talent at the junior level right now. Most of who will start playing in the NHL in the next couple of seasons, watch out for guys like Kessel, Johnson, Ryan etc. The USA should be good again come the Vancouver games in 2010.

Canada by far is a step ahead of anyone in hockey even Russia, look at the womens team for example they out scored there opponets something like 40-2. As far as they men all they need is a good kick up the ass by THE GREAT ONE (for those who dont know who is he is i suggest going to wikipedia and look it up) to get going, i have no doubt that they will win gold again

Put it this way Canada has 8 players who are captains on there respected teams and i would say that 80% of the league is made up of Canadians. We have the Americans in our back pocket when it comes to the game.



In 2010 its going to be scary on how good Crosby will be for Team Canada

That was really helpful..thanks Big-Red & Enrique Iglesias...nice infos

I guess Enrique will be disspointed with the losing of Gold medal this year

Why would i be disappointed ? the Mens team played like crap considering how much talent they have on the team. Besides Canada got the gold with the Womens, and come 2010 Canada will DO much better as its on home soil.

ey enrique... you reckon crosby or ovechkin will get NHL rookie of the year?

Lundqvist

I am going to have to go with Crosby on that one being Canadian n all

Phaneuf should win it... He's actually an important part of a good team. Ovechkin and Crosby are stellar but, Pitsburgh and Washington still suck.

my favourites are the sprints and sprint relays, i also enjoy table tennis, a great sport for sure

Womens gymnastics eh, probably badminton. I love that sport.

Badminton and Pingpang game.....

Football of course, i enjoy Basketball and swimming too, most boring is that horse riding crap what do u call it i forgot

^^ "the horse riding crap" is called equestrian and yes it shits me to tears to.

love most of the athletics.

Tennis, badminton, table tennis and long distance running.

^^ Second that.

Worst sport is easily figure skating. Ugh god!

Equastrian...

i like it all except equastrian

Even figure skating?

Eh, I suppose Football.

Otherwise most other stuff is a bit 'meh' to me. Though if I had to pick, I guess the cycling is up there, the pursuit races in particular.