WHY?
Lulz equestrian.
So shitty countries have a shot at some medals.
another "sport" that needs to be removed from the Olympics.
Jesus Christ, this isn't even the event where they jump is it? It's just the fucking horse prancing around, right?
>>So Great Britain can have a shot at some medals.Fixed.
Will we be seeing this at London 2012?
>shitty countriesmoar like filthy rich shitty countriesjust one fucking equestrian horse costs zillions of dollars
>>248023that event already has a powerful chinese athlete
WTF Great BritainGermany pwnz equestrian shit
Germany one every single horsriding competition this year.Fucking furrys.
High starting difficulty, flawless execution. We have a new champion.
Dressage has been Olympic since 1912 that should be reason enough.
>>248023>>248034>>248065Is this where the competitors of the Puppy Games end up?
>>248069Sack racing has also been olympic once lol
I don't know why people complain about any sports at the Olympics. I myself think Baseball is one of the most boring sports ever, so I don't watch it. Do the same with any kind of horseback riding and stop complaining.
>>248088and who was the winner?
>>248099Had to be some American, since the 1904 Olympics (the only one in which sack racing has been Olympic) took place in St. Louis and virtually every Competetion was won by the USA.
>>248088So was tug-of-war!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_of_war_at_the_Summer_Olympics
>>248034HOLY SHIT, IS THAT FOUR FUCKING HOOPS?
>>248098Probably because baseball can actually be called a "sport". Even some of the stupidest events can at least be called "sport".This is not a sport by any stretch of the imagination. There's no human physical effort involved whatsoever. Any of us could win gold with the right horse.
http://usadance.org/news-and-press/ballroom-dancing-wants-olympics-to-give-it-a-whirl/
>>248130Unlimited troll works on /sp/ these days
Tobacco Spitting was olympic too in 1904 lol
>>248130Except you need to be the human choosen by the right horse. It's like being a dragon rider. Equestrians have a physical gift for horses that other people don't possess. How is that not a sport?
Have any of you ever ridden a horse?It's not as easy as you think. The horse obviously plays an important part but the rider does too.
Can someone explain what the whole thing is fucking about? They are not even horse dancing, they are just horse walking, WTF?
>>248147It's like being a dragon rider.It's official. /sp/ doesn't care about sports, just sports-related fantasy.
>>248147>Except you need to be the human choosen by the right horse.That makes pentathletes superior. They have to ride an unfamiliar horse.
>>248147lol wtf dragon rider
that's why dressage exists. fuck yeah.
>>248361Well played Deutschland.
shouldn't Mongolians be good at this?Or is there no killing stuff from horseback event
>>248809Sadly, no. But if there was, it'd totally be the most popular event in the Olympics.
>>248809>Or is there no killing stuff from horseback eventI'd settle for them chopping some heads off dummies.
Horseback archery is the sport of every civilization east of Romethat would be a cool sport
>>248843raping the dummy's wife and family will be scored by a panel of neutral judges on efficiency, power, and technique
>>248098baseballs not in the olympics
Cross-country and jumping is cool, but dressage is about as interesting as synchronized diving. Dressage can remain apart of the overall Eventing competition, but it shouldn't have a medal all to itself.
Any exhibition sports this year?
>>248887Troll leave the thread
>>248908my bad, i thought it was this year that they removed it, its actually 2012. i havent seen any news on it or on 4chan, so i thought it was this olympics
>>248932HOLY SHIT AN APOLOGY ON 4CHAN
>>248949sorry, didnt mean to apologize.
>>248952Lawl. Good work though, 4chan could use less assholes.
>>248889whoah, I didn't know dressage was that coolseriously synchronized diving is amazingit's hard enough synchronizing sitting
>>248112>One of the most remarkable athletes was the American gymnast George Eyser, who won six medals even though his left leg was made of wood.
Some guy just had his 4 years of work ruined because the horse walked a bit faster than its supposed to.lol dressage.
so is the dressage medal worth as much as a whole football/soccer team playing multiple teams to become the world's best in a world sport?
According to the IOC, Dressage is more of a sport than baseball.
>>249013yes
>>249013because the football olympic teams are the best in the world right?there are only about 7-8 good players in the whole tournament...dressage medals are worth about the same as a swimming medal.
>>249013Medals aren't weighted. The winners just excell at their sport without having to compare to unrelated others.You might also say a marathon runner does more than a 100m sprinter.
>>249074doesn't seem right that the efforts of 10 guys is only one medaland one guy can win eight
>>249099Everyone on a team gets his own medal they are only counted as one on the medal table.Phelps has the possibility to win so many medals because of the similarity between the swimming events and the fact that he is an excellent swimmer.
>>249056Wrong. Half of Brazil and Argentina's players already represent the national team in world cups and such. There are many good young players on the Olympics.
>>248149Shut up.