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View Poll Results: Olympic sports you enjoy watching?
Archery 7 13.46%
Athletics - Track 24 46.15%
Athletics - Field 14 26.92%
Badminton 7 13.46%
Basketball 8 15.38%
Beach Volleyball 9 17.31%
Boxing 4 7.69%
Canoe Slalom 3 5.77%
Canoe Sprint 6 11.54%
Cycling - BMX 3 5.77%
Cycling - Mountain Bike 2 3.85%
Cycling - Road 6 11.54%
Cycling - Track 7 13.46%
Diving 13 25.00%
Equestrian 4 7.69%
Fencing 7 13.46%
Football 13 25.00%
Gymnastics - Artistic 20 38.46%
Gymnastics - Rythmic 7 13.46%
Handball 8 15.38%
Hockey 7 13.46%
Judo 3 5.77%
Modern Pentathlon 4 7.69%
Rowing 7 13.46%
Sailing 4 7.69%
Shooting 3 5.77%
Swimming 20 38.46%
Synchronized Swimming 2 3.85%
Table Tennis 7 13.46%
Taekwondo 3 5.77%
Tennis 7 13.46%
Trampoline 4 7.69%
Triathlon 5 9.62%
Volleyball 13 25.00%
Water Polo 7 13.46%
Weightlifting 9 17.31%
Wrestling 9 17.31%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 52. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-02-2012, 07:43 AM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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My favourites in no particular order:

Athletics
Swimming
Archery
Indoor Volleyball
Track Cycling
Diving

Prefer the field events in Athletics and relays in Swimming. Indoor volleyball is a new favourite of mine, found it to be a surprisingly engaging sport to watch.
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Old 08-02-2012, 09:03 AM
 
Location: The DMV
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Grew up playing JO volleyball and followed US Volleyball since Karch, Timmons, Buck and Stork from the 80's. Not a fan of rally scoring from a playing standpoint, but it does make the game go faster as a participant. No more eternal exchange of sideouts and having the score not change.

Also got into watching Fencing... pretty cool. But I'll pretty much watch anything that I don't usually get to see - water polo, field hockey, table tennis (wow - some super quick reflexes). Not as excited to watch Tennis, soccer and to an extent - basketball...
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Old 08-02-2012, 04:13 PM
 
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swimming
gym
athletics
rowing
weightlifting
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Old 08-02-2012, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Scotland
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Track Cycling
Athletics Track
Football
Boxing
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Old 08-02-2012, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Philaburbia
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Right now I'm digging the Polish men's volleyball team.
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Old 08-02-2012, 11:32 PM
 
Location: Trumbull/Danbury
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Beach volleyball (but the new uniforms are complete crap, I don't know what the IOC was thinking)
volleyball
swimming
table tennis
badminton
handball
soccer
water polo

Pretty much whatever's on live I'll watch, but the ones at the top are my favorite.
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Old 08-03-2012, 02:02 AM
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Location: Surrey/London
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Obviously rowing and cycling as GB dominate those. Also enjoy watching the track athletics and football.
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Old 08-03-2012, 02:08 AM
 
Location: Glasgow Scotland
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Gymnastics Id say is my favourite, followed by the swimming and cycling.. cant wait for our Commonwealth Games in two years and will be getting tickets hopefully for the Velodrome which is near to where I live in Glasgow..
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Old 08-03-2012, 02:22 PM
 
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Cricket and Parkour.
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Old 08-03-2012, 04:17 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Diving and gymnastics are my favorite sports. Swimming and wrestling is pretty cool too. Volleyball I'll watch if nothing else is on. The rest I have no interest in watching.
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