Why Too Many Olympic Sports Are Neither By Jonathon Kahn I imagine the International olympic Committee would argue increasingly associatedwith these sportsand NBC New this year is trampoline gymnastics, which http://slate.msn.com/id/86069/
Extractions: The modern Olympics has consisted of an eclectic and heady mix: archery and equestrian, track and field and swimming, wrestling and weightlifting. But where the Olympics' eclecticism was once a strength, today's version of diversity is its greatest flaw. While people often complain about the opening up of the Olympiad to professionals or the lavishing of vast inequities of attention, prestige, and money on different sports, the real problem is the inclusion of two (occasionally overlapping) categories: 1) Events, often high-profile, for which the Olympics is not that sport's premier competition. These are nothing more than gussied-up exhibitions. 2) Events that are called sports but really aren't. Call these the bogus or silly sports. The combination of the two does ruthless damage to the notion that the Olympics celebrates world-class contests of athletic excellence. Equally ridiculous are the bogus events. Everyone's favorite is synchronized swimming, which
Extractions: SYDNEY, Australia The International Olympic Committee is frequently taken to task for adding new sports to its already overcrowded schedule. (Did we really need to make an Olympic sport out of trampoline?) The fault, however, is not that new sports are added, since the Games should stay relevant to the interests of society at large. The fault lies in that more sports aren't thrown out on their respective ears. It didn't used to be that way. Cricket, croquet and the once beloved "equestrian high jump" were evicted after the 1900 Games. The "plain high dive," which allowed no twists or somersaults, used to be an Olympic sport. So was live pigeon shooting. Now they won't even release live pigeons as part of the Opening Ceremonies, fearful of traumatizing the little beasts. Golf left after after 1904, the same year the fearful "plunge for distance," a diving event, met its Olympic demise. After 1920 the still popular tug-of-war was given the heave-ho daddy-o, and in 1932 "rope climbing" and the curiously named "club swinging" were discarded. The last sport to get the axe? Polo in 1936. Small wonder the Olympics is now so bloated it can't get up from its own stuffed couch.
Olympics: Olympic Sports At A Glance olympic sports at a glance. who had heard about her proficiency on a trampoline andfigured THROUGH THE YEARS Freestyle moguls became an olympic sport in '92 http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/08/news_pf/Olympics/Olympic_sports_at_a_g.shtml
Extractions: Weather Sports Forums Comics ... Movies By Times staff SHORT TRACK/SPEED SKATING SHORT TRACK/SPEED SKATING THE BASICS: Races are split into two disciplines short track at the Salt Lake Ice Center and long track at the Utah Olympic Oval. There are four events each for men and women in short track and five events each in long track. Long track pairs two skaters at a time racing against the clock. Short track is more like a roller derby race. U.S. FORECAST: Here's a tip. If you want to impress your neighbors, start talking about Apolo Anton Ohno in the next day or two. Because, by next week, the rest of the world will have discovered him. A 19-year-old Japanese-American who was raised by his father in Seattle, Ohno is outgoing, attractive and about to be a star. He should place in all four short-track events and could even sweep gold, becoming this year's Eric Heiden or Bonnie Blair. The one drawback? He still will hear questions about accusations that he gave less than a full effort in a recent qualifying race so his friend, Shani Davis, could leapfrog another skater and make the Olympic team. American men do not look as good in the long track. Casey Fitzrandolph finished sixth in the 500 and seventh in the 1,000 at the Nagano Games. Derek Parra is a contender at 1,500.
Olympic History: Gymnastics - Olympics 2000 One of the oldest sports in the olympics, gymnastics began in ancient individual allaroundcompetition was introduced into the olympic Games in 1984 trampoline. http://cbs.sportsline.com/u/olympics/2000/history/gymnastics.htm
Extractions: Basketball Swimming Gymnastics Soccer ... Tennis - More Sports - Archery Badminton Baseball Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Judo Mod. Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Softball Syn. Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Team Handball Triathlon Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling You are here: Home Olympic Gymnastics Sydney SuperDome The Dome ... Schedule TODAY Get Live Scores on your Cell Phone! Click Here! One of the oldest sports in the Olympics, gymnastics began in ancient Greece more than 2000 years ago. Men gathered at "gymnasiums" the center of activity for the time not only practice the sport, but also to debate about art, literature and philosophy. The major focus of gymnastics focused on finding symmetry between the mind and body by pairing physical exercise with intellectual activity Plato, Aristotle and Homer advocated strengthening qualities of gymnastic activity. Christians of the time considered gymnastics Satanic because of its focus on the body gymnasts performed in the nude at the all-male ancient Games of Olympia. After financial corruption led to the banning of gymnastics in 393 A.D., the sport did not reappear in the public arena until the 16th century. "Artistic" gymnastics came to be in the early 1800s, distinguishing free-flowing styles from the techniques used by the military.
TNK | PRESS-CENTRE | Public Relations | 2000 for Physical Culture and sports of the Nizhnevartovsk city conducted the acrobaticscity championship and show performances of the trampoline olympic team of http://www.tnk.ru/main.asp?IDR=286&LANG=ENG
Extractions: Page loading ... Please wait. MELVIN'S TRAMPOLINE PLAZA, THE PLACE FOR JUMPERS. Index NL Index UK Last update : Jump to country (english) letter: A B C D ... Z Other pages EVENTS WEB TRAMPOLINING SEARCH ENGINES Yahoo! Trampoline Plaza Club for chat, send club messages, upload photos and more. Join the club and see for yourself. A Australia ^GoTop^ Ryde Trampoline Sports (NSW) Trampoline Sports Australia Austria ^GoTop^ ATV Turnverein Steyr Austria Turnpage F ... Trampolinspringen Austria B Belgium ^GoTop^ Ingelmunster Trampo's Sports Acrobatic Page Sterk en lenig Drongen Brasil ^GoTop^ Ginásticas Brasil Trampnews Brasil C D E Canada ^GoTop^ BC Gymnastics Kamloops Gymnastics/Trampoline Center Mahone Bay Twisters ... Trampoline Canada Czech ^GoTop^ Czech Gymnastics Trampoline Division F France ^GoTop^ Acronet Paris Acro Tramp Sevran Albi sports acrobatiques ... Tramp-Net The Trampolining Magazine Finland ^GoTop^ Suomen Trampoliiniseura ry. STS G H Germany ^GoTop^ Burtscheider TurnVerein BTV Aachen Männer TurnVerein MTV Bad Kreuznach Gymmedia-Europe ... Jump! Das Trampolinmagazine
New Olympic Sports Boon To Canada's Medal Haul introducing the current crop of new sports to the came in a sport making its Olympicdebut Simon Cockburn's bronze and Mathieu Turgeon's bronze in trampoline. http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesNews/sep28_new-cp.html
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Extractions: Inside CANOE.CA SLAM! Sports Jam! Showbiz AllPop CNEWS Webfin Money C-Health Lifewise AUTONET.CA Newsstand Travel Search eBay.ca Get away today 411 online Free E-Mail Shop.canoe.ca CareerConnection Classified Extra Match Contact Obituaries Today Restaurants Hotels Weather Horoscopes Lotteries Crossword Scoreboard News Ticker Biz Ticker Sports Ticker TV Listings Movie Listings CLIVE Concerts Mutual Funds Stocks Feedback Index SPORT INDEX Pick a sport Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field Hockey Gymnastics Handball Judo Pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Soccer Softball Swimming Synchro Table Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball B.Volleyball Water Polo Weightlifting Wrestling Team Canada
IG Poll Results olympic roster? In a close vote, IG Online readers supported trampoline,tumbling and sports acrobatics for olympic inclusion. Most in http://www.intlgymnast.com/poll/poll_results_tramp.html
Extractions: IG Online Poll #17 : Recently, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) took sports acrobatics, trampoline and sport aerobics under its wing. The U.S. Gymnastics federation will undergo a similar melding in 1999 and trampoline will make its debut as an Olympic sport in 2000. With the number of Olympic berths allotted to gymnastics in any form limited, some contend that trampoline should not be part of the Games. Others feel that its high time these lesser known branches of the sport gain worldwide attention. What do you think? Should trampoline, sports acrobatics, sport aerobics and the like be added to the Olympic roster? In a close vote, IG Online readers supported trampoline, tumbling and sports acrobatics for Olympic inclusion. Most in favor said that more gymnastics, in any form, is good for the sport and that giving more hardworking athletes a shot at the Olympic ideal is always a good thing. Opponents were vocal in their distaste for trampoline and the like vs "real" gymnastics. Many even went so far as to question trampoline status as a sport at all, let alone an Olympic one. VOTE TOTALS YES: 55% (208votes) NO: 45% (170 votes) Your Comments ...
2002 AAU Junior Olympic Games In Knoxville, TN Aerobic sports Baseball Baton Twirling Boys Basketball Dance Dance/Drill Field SwimmingTable Tennis Taekwondo Tennis Track Field trampoline Tumbling http://www.aaujrogames.org/~sports/Trampoline-Tumbling.html
FanHome.com: Where Fans Connect New olympic sports Golf should be added to the summer games but I think some othersports need to be removed rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized trampoline http://pub241.ezboard.com/ffanhomefrm18.showMessage?topicID=5.topic
Olympic Sports All olympic sports Cycling Mountain Biking. New sports. 1. Taekwondo 2. SynchronizedDiving 3. trampoline 4. Men's Football 5. Triathlon. Back to Our Homepage. http://www.wsd1.org/earlgrey/Grp2Sports.htm
Extractions: SPORTS INFO ! The first event of the Sydney Olympics was Men's Football. This event actually began on September 13th, several days before the games offically began. The first event on September 15 was the Men's Marathon which was won by Canadian Simon Whitfield. The last of event of each Olympic Games is always the Men's Marathon. All Olympic Sports: 1. Archery 2. Athletics - Discus 3. Athletics - Highjump 4. Athletics - Hurdles 5. Athletics - Javelin 6. Athletics - Longjump 7. Athletics - Marathon 8. Athletics - Relay 9. Athletics - Running 10. Athletics - Shotput 11. Badminton 12. Baseball 13. Basketball 14. Boxing 15. Canoe/Kayak 16. Cycling 17.Diving 18. Equestrian 19. Fencing 20. Football 21. Gymnastics 22. Handball 23. Hockey 24. Jodo 25. Modern Pentathlon 26. Rowing 27. Sailing 28. Shooting 29. Softball 30. Swimming 31. Synchronized Swimming
Summer Olympics 2000 Gymnastics Fan Guide Check out each sport's fan guide for more In the Crosshairs looks at theolympic sports. trampoline olympic competition dates Sept. http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/gymnastics/s/viewers.html
Extractions: Just three years after the Magnificent Seven won the United States' first women's Olympic all-around title, the Americans finished last in the medals round at the world championships. Two of the five competing members of the Atlanta medalists, Dominique Moceanu and Jaycie Phelps, were forced to withdraw from the trials because of injuries. ARTISTIC Venues: Sydney SuperDome, Sydney Olympic Park Men are scored in seven individual events: floor, vault, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, horizontal bar and all-around. Women are judged in five: floor, vault, uneven bars, balance beam and all-around. In awarding scores, judges take into consideration the degree of difficulty of a gymnast's program, along with aesthetic appeal. Points are deducted for such faults as poor execution, lack of control, falling, missing requirements or exceeding the time limit. The individual all-around champions are determined by totaling scores on all the apparatuses.
Summer Olympics 2000 Wallace Nabs Trampoline Gold It's no secret that for all sports the olympic Games is the actual peak, thetop And the cynics say trampoline doesn't belong in the olympics. http://espn.go.com/oly/summer00/news/2000/0923/770342.html
Extractions: SYDNEY, Australia Ji Wallace's coach gave him the ride of his life. Now it's his turn to return the favor. Elated after he finished his routine in the men's trampoline finals, the Australian threw himself into his coach's arms. Nikolay Zhuravlev scooped Wallace up and raced off the podium, almost knocking a cameraman over in the process. And this was all before Wallace got his silver medal. "I was laughing, I was crying, I was trying to look for my Mum," Wallace said after winning the silver medal Saturday in the Olympic debut of the men's trampoline. "It was just the best feeling in the world. I can't describe it." Four-time world champion Alexandre Moskalenko of Russia, who ended his three-year retirement to compete in the Olympics, took the gold. Mathieu Turgeon of Canada won the bronze. Though his best finish in international competition was a third place, Wallace was considered a longshot to win a medal. He even promised to give Zhuravlev the mountain bike he rode to practice every day if he won a medal. So when the final results were posted, it set off a raucous celebration in the SuperDome. Wallace threw his arms in the air as the hometown crowd of 14,000 waved kangaroo flags and serenaded him with chants of "Aussie! Aussie! Aussie!"
Harris Online: Just Plain Harris Then, there are the camp sports. in the world theresa Full Contact Hacky Sackcompetition of some kind, but it doesnt sound olympic to me. trampoline!! http://www.harrisonline.com/plain/2000/jph0306.htm
Extractions: March 6, 2000 I was flicking around the television remote the other night when I went past the PBS station and saw that they were airing yet another of their ballroom dancing competitions. Although I only paused for two seconds, it was long enough to hear the announcer report that ballroom dancing has been accepted as an exhibition sport by the International Olympic Committee. Ballroom dancing as an Olympic sport? I dont think so. It makes about as much sense as Larry King giving Rick Rockwell marriage advice. I'm no expert on athletic endeavors, but I'm fairly sure that if it involves participants in formalwear, it's not a sport. The Olympic motto is "Swifter, Higher, Stronger." It isn't "Honey, can you help me with this cummerbund?" On my radio show the next day I asked my listeners, If ballroom dancing is in the Olympics, what else should be on the roster? They came up with a pretty good list.
Anthonyjhicks.com - Pictures - Sydney 2000 Olympic Games View (Day) olympic Games events and sports Opening and Sydney 2000 Closeup (Day)olympic Games events Artistic Gymnastics, trampoline and Basketball. http://anthonyjhicks.com/ajh/pictures.nsf/albumview!OpenView&Count=999&RestrictT
Hawai'i Pair Selected To U.S. Team In Trampoline Surf Report UH sports High School sports Recreation sports Calendar On the Air GolfReport AP sports. trampoline was introduced in olympic competition at the http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Dec/16/sp/sp10a.html
Extractions: Hawai'i pair selected to U.S. team in trampoline Advertiser Staff Hawaii Academy athletes Randi Lau and Nani Vercruyssen have been selected to the 18-member JumpStart National Trampoline Team. USA Gymnastics JumpStart is a trampoline-tumbling program. Lau, an 8-year-old home-schooled third-grader, and Vercruyssen, a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Hokulani School, will train at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., starting next month. Trampoline was introduced in Olympic competition at the 2000 Summer Games. Lau placed first in the 7-8 age group, while Vercruyssen took third in the 9-10 group. Lau, who trains in gymnastics with the Hawaiian Island Twisters, was also named to the U.S. Gymnastics National team earlier this year. Vercruyssen placed second in trampoline, third in mini-trampoline and fourth in power tumbling in Level 8 competition at the Junior Olympics USAG Trampoline and Tumbling National Championships in Indianapolis in July.
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Extractions: Canada's Official Gymnastic Website Gymnastics is one of the most widely watched Olympic sports, and there is no better time to leverage your involvement with the most exciting sport in the world. In 2002, Gymnastics Canada will be hosting many high profile national and international events, providing our current and new partners opportunities to increase their visibility within the gymnastics community and the general public. Please take the time to review and consider the following sponsorship package. As you get to know the organization and the sports, you will see all the benefits and values to be associated with the best Olympic sport in the World! What is it that makes gymnastics so popular? It is the fact that everyone can find something meaningful and beneficial in the sport, regardless of your age, you ability, or the ambitiousness of your goals. There is room for everyone in this sport, from the recreational gymnast who participates just for fun, to the high performance international competitor who is drawn by the allure of a gold medal. Gymnastics not only helps you improve your fitness, it also demands mental focus, and provides a valuable outlet for personal expression. Youre never too young, or too old, to gain something positive from the sport. Gymnastics promote self-esteem
The State News - Sports Page - Tuesday, February 24, 1998 Housing Guide Front Page Campus City sports MS U Opinion trying hishand at a new olympic gymnastics event the trampoline. http://www.statenews.com/editionsspring98/022498/sports.html
Extractions: Tuesday, February 24, 1998 Housing Guide Front Page Campus City ... Home Springing to Sydney? From walk-on to Olympic hopeful, Douglas aims high MSU senior gymnast Keith Douglas watches as a teammate performs a floor exercise routine during a recent meet. Douglas is considering joining the U.S. Olympic team as a trampolinist for the Olympic games in the year 2000 in Sydney, Australia. By LESLIE ROTAN State News Sports Writer But it just might. Artistic gymnastic competitions, like the ones seen currently in the Olympics, consist of a six-component rotation. Trampoline and tumbling exercises, on the other hand, are performed consecutively on an 808-foot strip. The skills performed for tumbling are similar to those performed during an artistic floor program, but one pass in tumbling is equal to three passes on the floor By the time he was 17, Douglas had reached the highest level of trampoline competition, and the second highest level of tumbling competition. He competed successfully in both areas, and made appearances in three national meets and one international meet. But when it came time for him to go to college, Douglas had no intention of pursuing gymnastics. Martin told Douglas where the team practiced, so Douglas dropped by in early November, two weeks into the season, and talked to MSU head coach Rick Atkinson.
