# What Olympics sports have you NOT seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 15, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100 "2008-08-15T15:46:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/21 "2008-08-18T02:03:00Z")
Shooting, Fencing, Judo, Greco Roman Wrestling, field hockey, and sailing are all sports that I have no interst in so I haven’t really been searching them out but I haven’t ever seen them on TV either. I may have seen a Greco Roman Wrestling match on TV when that american beat the Russian who’s never lost. I’ve always liked Archery and I search it out, but I’ve never found it on TV. ---
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/22 "2008-08-18T02:08:25Z")
You can see a video of the men’s archery finals on [nbcolympics.com](http://nbcolympics.com) I certainly didn’t see any archery on TV, not even highlights. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/23 "2008-08-18T03:10:54Z")
Haven’t seen yngling yet. No, that isn’t a joke, and it’s not a typo. It’s an event. Google it. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/24 "2008-08-18T03:56:56Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Haven’t seen yngling yet. No, that isn’t a joke, and it’s not a typo. It’s an event. Google it. [/QUOTE] Mmm…yngling…so cool and refreshing… ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/25 "2008-08-18T06:12:08Z")
Any competition that doesn’t have a Japanese athlete entered in it, and several sports like fencing which do but which don’t have a high enough profile or a Japanese enough flavor or something. Judo matches got a lot of coverage, as did swimming. Fencing, Tae Kwon Do, archery, etc. may have been broadcast in the ghetto hours late at night. If so, I never saw it on the schedule. Looking at NHK’s schedule for today it’s a good bet that everything included has a Japanese athlete in it, if the team isn’t explicitly mentioned. Women’s hockey (JPN vs GER) Baseball (JPN vs CAN) Men’s track Women’s triathlon Women’s soccer Softball (JPN vs CAN) Women’s trampoline (?!) Synchronized swimming: duet Men’s volleyball (JPN vs USA) Men’s diving Gymnastics The only thing that doesn’t feature a Japanese athlete or team is Men’s basketball, which is US vs. Germany. This means I haven’t seen most of the same competitions as you guys, or probably a lot of people in the rest of the world. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2008, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/26 "2008-08-18T10:13:02Z")
I’ve seen no shooting whatsoever and about five minutes of archery. No equestrian coverage at all. To be fair, I haven’t been around the tube that much either Sunday but still there are a lot of things that NBC could do besides find yet another way to kiss Michael Phelps’ ass. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/27 "2008-08-22T04:50:36Z")
I love the Discus Throwing I have seen. All THREE throws that I have seen. Yes, only three throws, each one per each medal. I mean seriously NBC, ENOUGH VOLLEYBALL ALREADY! Can we please see something like Hammer, or shot put or other (apparent) exotics? We even get curling in the winter games. Who got to vote on what we see? Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/28 "2008-08-22T05:22:54Z")
Two more UGH!! moments: 1. Why on earth did NBC think it would be a good idea to have TWO seperate schedules for “Channels with Coverage” and then “Venues with Events being Televised” I mean, Apparently, its too hard for NBC to tell me simply, what channel has what event when. [http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv\_and\_online\_listings/index.html](http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv_and_online_listings/index.html) They couldnt make it easy on us, and put those two schedule grids on top of each other. :smack: 1. NBC will have OMGZ amounts of streaming coverage. :eek: — Yeah, with out a single lick of commentary. 😕 What is the point then? ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/29 "2008-08-22T14:37:33Z")
I missed all the cycling events, and I’m not happy about that. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/30 "2008-08-22T22:02:27Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] I’ve seen no shooting whatsoever and about five minutes of archery. No equestrian coverage at all. [/QUOTE] What country are you in? Archery wasn’t shown at all here in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/31 "2008-08-22T22:31:02Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Haven’t seen yngling yet. No, that isn’t a joke, and it’s not a typo. It’s an event. Google it. [/QUOTE] Well, it’s a class in sailing. I only know that becase GB got a gold in it, so it has briefly become a major sport. It’s pronounced something like “oongling”, they tell us, or like the ü in German. Perhaps a Norwegian can correct me. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/32 "2008-08-22T23:19:56Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] What country are you in? Archery wasn’t shown at all here in the US. [/QUOTE] I’m not sure if I saw it on US or Canadian TV. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/33 "2008-08-22T23:34:39Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Haven’t seen yngling yet. No, that isn’t a joke, and it’s not a typo. It’s an event. Google it. [/QUOTE] Well, it’s usually referred to as Keelboat in English. [List of sailing events](http://en.beijing2008.cn/sports/sailing/n214434830.shtml) [Photos from Men’s Keelboat competition](http://en.beijing2008.cn/news/sports/headlines/sailing/n214570227.shtml) I haven’t seen any article in english call it yngling. I would have liked to see more Archery and Handball. ETA: scratch that, I see Yngling listed at my first link. Is it only a women’s event then? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/34 "2008-08-23T00:41:54Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] I thought I wanted to see fencing but I finally caught some and it was terribly boring - [/QUOTE] Reminds me of the first time my mom came to one of my fencing matches. I’m not sure what she expected (Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, probably), but she was quite disappointed. She thought it looked like a cat fight. A lot of slow back-and-forth as the opponents sized each other up, followed by a brief flurry where you couldn’t tell what was going on. I think rhythmic gymnastics is really cool. In past years, it seems like they’ve usually shown a little bit, but I haven’t managed to catch any this year. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/35 "2008-08-23T04:49:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] What country are you in? Archery wasn’t shown at all here in the US. [/QUOTE] I caught Italy and Japan Archery finals on one of the NBC channels. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/36 "2008-08-23T21:55:10Z")
[QUOTE=Meeko] I caught Italy and Japan Archery finals on one of the NBC channels. [/QUOTE] Weird. I can’t dispute what you saw, but I’ve been going to an Olympic Archery club the last 2 weeks and they told me very matter-of-factly that archery was not broadcast and I had to go online to see it. I figured they would know since they had members competing. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100/37 "2008-08-23T22:38:25Z")
[QUOTE=Cisco] Weird. I can’t dispute what you saw, but I’ve been going to an Olympic Archery club the last 2 weeks and they told me very matter-of-factly that archery was not broadcast and I had to go online to see it. I figured they would know since they had members competing. [/QUOTE] True, but remember all of the rain during this Olympics. NBC has used some previously recorded footage during some of the rain down times. So, I can easily see them slipping in coverage of archery during a slow time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-olympics-sports-have-you-not-seen/460100.md?page=1)