Tonight is the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Olympic games! Who else is excited for the huge world event? I know I am! I love the Olympics and the opportunities it gives to people from all over the globe. It unites dozens and dozens of different countries' citizens and gives them one common goal - to cheer their team to victory. Of course, it's not as simple for the actual Olympians who have trained their whole lives for this moment - they're doing a lot more than just cheering.
Here is a list of sports that will be featured in the 2012 Olympics:
Which are your favorite Olympic sports?
Myself, I haven't been exposed to too many Olympic sports. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were my first, but I do recall being in love with a few sports there, namely Beach Volleyball, Diving, Gymnastics - Artistic, and Swimming. This year, Archery, Basketball (basketball is amazing asfasdg), Football / Soccer, Handball, Hockey, and Table Tennis (ping pong is an Olympic sport!!!) seem like they would additionally be very interesting to me. What about you?
Which country are you pulling for? Is it your home country? Or is it perhaps the country you were born in but moved away from? Is it another country altogether, perhaps one your ancestors hailed from?
I'm rooting for good ol' USA, where I was born and currently live. If the athletes from the USA are eliminated in some contests, I might root for countries like Ireland if they're still in, because I'm Irish; or England, because I'm English; or Canada, because I like Canadians.
Use this as your general 2012 London Summer Olympics hub!
Here is a list of sports that will be featured in the 2012 Olympics:
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Boxing
- Canoe Slalom
- Canoe Sprint
- Cycling - BMX
- Cycling - Mountain Bike
- Cycling - Road
- Cycling - Track
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Football / Soccer
- Gymnastics - Artistic
- Gymnastics - Rhythmic
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo
- Modern Pentathlon
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Synchronized Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Trampoline
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
Which are your favorite Olympic sports?
Myself, I haven't been exposed to too many Olympic sports. The 2008 Beijing Olympics were my first, but I do recall being in love with a few sports there, namely Beach Volleyball, Diving, Gymnastics - Artistic, and Swimming. This year, Archery, Basketball (basketball is amazing asfasdg), Football / Soccer, Handball, Hockey, and Table Tennis (ping pong is an Olympic sport!!!) seem like they would additionally be very interesting to me. What about you?
Which country are you pulling for? Is it your home country? Or is it perhaps the country you were born in but moved away from? Is it another country altogether, perhaps one your ancestors hailed from?
I'm rooting for good ol' USA, where I was born and currently live. If the athletes from the USA are eliminated in some contests, I might root for countries like Ireland if they're still in, because I'm Irish; or England, because I'm English; or Canada, because I like Canadians.
Use this as your general 2012 London Summer Olympics hub!