08-11-2008, 06:38 PM
Some Olympic sports look laughable, as someone mentioned, to those uninitiated, but are very demanding and athletic nonetheless.
I think that Olympic level ping-pong is pretty amazing, and a lot more athletic than most of my friends (or myself) would think from our casual garage ping ponging experiences.
I also heard a great segment on competetive wind surfing. It is probably one of the most physically demanding sports in the Olympics. They rarely have the actual wind at their backs, pushing them to great speeds, and it is some 45 minutes of massive pumping of their arms and bodies to move the sail to generate speed.
That said, I spent the weekend watching seasons 1 and 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as my wife and kids are out of town visiting her parents, instead of watching the Olympics, so it hasn't caught my interest this time around somehow.
I think that Olympic level ping-pong is pretty amazing, and a lot more athletic than most of my friends (or myself) would think from our casual garage ping ponging experiences.
I also heard a great segment on competetive wind surfing. It is probably one of the most physically demanding sports in the Olympics. They rarely have the actual wind at their backs, pushing them to great speeds, and it is some 45 minutes of massive pumping of their arms and bodies to move the sail to generate speed.
That said, I spent the weekend watching seasons 1 and 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as my wife and kids are out of town visiting her parents, instead of watching the Olympics, so it hasn't caught my interest this time around somehow.
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