If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Summer Olympics: Kayaking, I've had a bit of experience with it and loved it.
Winter Olympics: Snowboarding, again had a bit of experience with it in the past but then tore ligaments in both my wrists about 9 years ago and never been again. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Badminton or cycling. It's just too fun. I don't know if it's too late to start cycling but Armistead started at 16 so she is a good role model for girls... I think. BTW, she won silver.
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?How long does it take you to do 100m? I can do it pretty quick as well.(Original post by emthedrummer)
Sprinting. I'm a pretty good runner, shame I'm tiny. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Swimming or diving
But my biggest chance is table-tennis
and I played that like 4 years ago but I was really good ... but there would be no chance of me choosing to do that who would want to watch the chinese dominate every table-tennis event 
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?no, but I'm interested in it. Only problem is that I need to improve my swimming skills a bit more, like gaining speed more quickly incase I need to chase the ball down from the opponent lol.(Original post by MeineJunge)
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I love mountain biking
and it inspires me that Lizzie started at 16 (well road biking) but i'd love to compete in mountain biking
I started it a couple of months ago just to increase my fitness primarily
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Probably running. I'd quite like to do distances like 1500m, not a sprint but not a marathon. Also the steeplechase looks quite fun.
Although, after watching and being blown away by the strength and skill of the gymnasts, that would be another one I may have liked to do. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Love to do anything like diving, gymnastics, ice-skating. Unfortunately I know I don't have the body for it, especially gymnastics. And also archery is awesome, only done it a couple of times but getting a bulls-eye is so satisfying.
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Gymnastics, I could never imagine in a million years doing any of the stuff that I see the gymnasts doing on TV even the easiest stuff they do; even if I trained for years. Whereas I can swim, cycle, shoot arrows (Obviously no where Olympic standard).
Also I would love to be walking down the high street, see a gap in the people; take a short run up and do a succession of flips and then just walk out of it. For the lolz
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?I love getting sucked in to these type of threads. I'd love to be a professional Swimmer or Tennis Player - I've been practising Nadal's top spin forehand and Federer's backhand for so many years!
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Not that type of diving- deep sea diving- like snorkelling/diving where you have the scuba tank.. rather scuba diving(Original post by Historophilia)
It is an olympic sport!
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?I don't know, I just know I used to win all the races in sport haha(Original post by JamalAhmed)
How long does it take you to do 100m? I can do it pretty quick as well.
only stopped doing sport last year, I'll have to time myself!
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Arghhh. I wanted to compare it to mine. 11.9 by the way. Not that fast but still I am happy. Now I have gone a bit fat but I feel faster and am still happy. I am more of a long-distance runner, 1500 meters is what I do for sports day.(Original post by emthedrummer)
I don't know, I just know I used to win all the races in sport haha only stopped doing sport last year, I'll have to time myself!
and it inspires me that Lizzie started at 16 (well road biking) but i'd love to compete in mountain biking 
