if you could compete in one olympic sport

[Deleted]

what would it be?
Skill should be no obstacle to answering this question ;-)

I think I'd do diving or sychronized swimming

[pixy0stix]

I'd join you on the synchronized swimming team.

[marie427]

Heptathlon. I love a good challenge, and doing 7 different events all very well is a serious challenge.

[heightsyankee]

I might like the gymnastic routines where they twirl the ribbons. Did they have that already and I missed it?

[Deleted]

Hurdles. I ran them in high school and loved them.

Or gymnastics, I'm in awe of the flying dutchman.

[mominatrix]

If it had to be summer olympic sports, I'd say fencing.
I fenced in college (foil) and freaking loved it.

But if I could pick either, it would be biathalon. Because biathalon is badass.

ETA: and, yes, I know that my love of biathalon is weird coming from somebody as anti-gun as me. But biathalon = the badassest olympic sport.

[Melissa W.]

Cross country eventing

[bigt1]

Dream = 100 meter
Reality = Discus or weightlifting

But I'd compete in anything

[Deleted]

Swimming. Because I love it even though I'm not any good at it.

Also, I have the perfect name for it.

[summer]

BMX biking or regular biking. Or soccer.

[Daria Morgandorffer]

Aug 8, 2012 11:06:05 GMT -5 marie427 said:

Heptathlon. I love a good challenge, and doing 7 different events all very well is a serious challenge.

Yea this. I would totally be able to escape from Zombies if I could do this.

[msmerymac]

Aug 8, 2012 11:08:21 GMT -5 heightsyankee said:

I might like the gymnastic routines where they twirl the ribbons. Did they have that already and I missed it?

Rhythmic gymnastics. Might start tonight.

I love gymnastics, but man, so much chance of injury.

I think I could do water polo. I kind of want to find a team and play!

[Michelle]

If skill was no matter, I'd totally want to be able to do the uneven bars or the gymnastics floor exercises.

Or the high jump.

Or sky diving if that was ever a sport.

[karinothing]

Can we pick winter olympic sports? Because I love me some figure skating.

[mominatrix]

Aug 8, 2012 11:29:09 GMT -5 asdfjkl said:

Well, swimming of course.

Actually, though, I think I'd like to do the skiing target shooting thing.

Biathalon FTW!

...via mobile.

[marie427]

For the winter olympics, I'd want to try luge.

[heightsyankee]

Aug 8, 2012 11:45:45 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Can we pick winter olympic sports? Because I love me some figure skating.

Oh yeah, I would totally change my answer if ice skating was available. I even know the song I would choose for my long program.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Trampoline or rhythmic gymnastics! Or you know, if they ever have an olympic "playing with the parachute from gym class" category, I could do that one too.

[Deleted]

Skill isn't important lol?

Gymnastics or swimming.

And ditto Kari - figure skating in the winter. I want to twirl in the air!

[decemberwedding07]

Aug 8, 2012 11:14:04 GMT -5 mominatrix said:

If it had to be summer olympic sports, I'd say fencing.
I fenced in college (foil) and freaking loved it.

But if I could pick either, it would be biathalon. Because biathalon is badass.

ETA: and, yes, I know that my love of biathalon is weird coming from somebody as anti-gun as me. But biathalon = the badassest olympic sport.

OMG. Dead @ the image of you with a gun. What if it could be made semi-P&CE? There's something called a Primitive Biathlon. Contestants wear snow shoes and use American Revolution-style muzzle loading rifles. There are even people who dress as Red Coats and Revolutionaries. My dad did this twice. Lol.
www.primitivebiathlon.com/

[mominatrix]

If it had to be summer olympic sports, I'd say fencing.
I fenced in college (foil) and freaking loved it.

But if I could pick either, it would be biathalon. Because biathalon is badass.

ETA: and, yes, I know that my love of biathalon is weird coming from somebody as anti-gun as me. But biathalon = the badassest olympic sport.

OMG. Dead @ the image of you with a gun. What if it could be made semi-P&CE? There's something called a Primitive Biathlon. Contestants wear snow shoes and use American Revolution-style muzzle loading rifles. There are even people who dress as Red Coats and Revolutionaries. My dad did this twice. Lol.
www.primitivebiathlon.com/

See, there are uses of guns I can get behind. Biathlon makes sense... You flee the zombies, you shoot the zombies, you flee again.

Gymnastics ain't helping you fight zombies.

...via mobile.

[Deleted]

my winter sport would be curling

[pescalita]

I would do gymnastics in a heart beat. It looks so fun. Of course, if I could be any animal I'd want to be a bird that soars. I'm afraid of heights and I have no idea how one goes about vaulting for the first time w/o eating the table, but we're talking fantasy.

[marynjoe]

Shot put. 13 seconds and you're done, on to the party!!

[racegrrl714]

Equestrian 3 day eventing. That's actually always been an unrealized dream of mine. I love anything horse-related. Plus I think I'd be hot in a tiara and jodhpurs(sp?). LOL

Or rhythmic gymnastics. I was in colorguard in HS, I think I could rock the ribbon twirling...

[wawa]

Eventing.
or diving.

[emilyj]

I would have said gymnastics because I used to be a gymnast. But the sport has changed so much and they are doing such crazy shit these days that it scares me.

So now I'll say pole vaulting. Because it looks awesome.

[Kristinmo]

Gymnastics or diving

[ttt]

I have fantasies of being an Olympic biathalon champion. Something about the whole "Alpine sniper" thing appeals to me. It's so Jason Bourne.

[meg]

marathon