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(Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)Getty Imagesu0026mdash;2012 Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Aug 15, 2012 7:00 AM UTC ## Drop: Race Walking; Add: Horse Vaulting  LEFT: Liu Hong of China races to the finish line during the Women's 20km Walk of the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 11, 2012.
RIGHT: Equestrian vaulting champion, British Joanne Eccles, competes during the Open European Vaulting Championships at the European Horses Pole in Le Mans, Aug. 21, 2011.
Drop it: Race Walking

Olympic race walking takes place on either a 20 km or 50 km road course. It requires competitors to stay in contact with the ground at all times, which separates it from running events, where both feet momentarily come off the ground. A second rule requires athletes to keep their leading leg straight from the moment it touches the ground until it is lifted. The resulting motion resembles a duck waddle. Racers may look funny, but the London 2012 official website says the sport requires serious stamina and endurance, and that “athletes must be incredibly disciplined to fight the urge to break into a run for extra speed.” Maybe so, but the sport seems to violate the Olympic motto of “higher, faster, stronger” because walking takes longer than running. It isn’t exactly thrilling to watch either. The world record in the men’s marathon, which unfolds over 42 km, is around two hours and three minutes; the world record in the 50 km race walk is around three hours and 34 seconds. Judges situated along the walking course give these drawn-out, monotonous races a degree of color. If a race walker appears to have strayed from the strict motion described above, officials warn them by flashing an 11-inch yellow paddle.

(PHOTOS: The London Olympics Come to a Show-Stopping Close)

Add it: Horse Vaulting

Artistic gymnasts flip, twist and perform dance-like movements on various apparatuses from floor to balance beam. Horse vaulters do similar tricks—including pirouettes, split leaps, handstands and arabesques—while on top of a moving steed. Riders perform their jaw-dropping routines to music and compete as individuals or as a pair. In the latter instance, partners lift and toss one another in the air and perform handstands on top of each other’s shoulders. The sport, which can be traced back at least 2,000 years to the Roman Games, includes the musicality of synchronized swimming, the daredevil quality of gymnastics, and the beauty of equestrian events. There’s plenty of appetite for the sport to be included at the Olympics. The 2010 Equestrian Games welcomed hundreds of horse vaulters from 50 countries, and an online petition to include the sport has clocked up more than 2,600 signatures. And there’s precedent: horse vaulting was contested at the 1920 Games in Antwerp. wladams ## Drop: Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics; Add: Sepak Takraw  LEFT: Canada's Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon and Canada's Elise Marcotte compete in the duets free routine final during the synchronised swimming competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Aug. 7, 2012\.
RIGHT: Thi Mo Nguyeh of Vietnam kicks over the net against Wang Jianshuang of China during the Beach Sepaktakraw Round Robin Group X match between China and Vietnam at the 3rd Asian Beach Games at Fengxiang Beach in Haiyang, China, June 19, 2012.
Drop It: Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics

In London, for the first time ever, every Olympic sport had women competing. The last hold-out, women’s boxing, proved one of the most thrilling disciplines at the Games. So it’s time to ditch a pair of anachronistic women-only events: rhythmic gymnastics and synchronized swimming. I understand that these two activities require stamina, flexibility and in the case of synchro, a trusty pair of nose clips. But these sports are like cheerleading. They evolved into sports in part because women were excluded from male competition. That era is waning. Besides I don’t trust any sport that requires prodigious amounts of mascara.

(PHOTOS: The Strange but Beautiful Art of Synchronized Swimming)

Add It: Sepak Takraw

You may be saying, “Sepak What?” Fair enough. This Southeast Asian sport in which you propel a rattan ball over a net using anything but your arms is the world’s best spectator sport. Imagine volleyball crossed with soccer and a good dose of gymnastics, with athletes doing mid-air somersaults to spike the ball with their toes.

I realize that Sepak Takraw isn’t yet a global sport: It’s popular, in different variations, in Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Burma, Indonesia and the Philippines. But judo and taekwondo weren’t well-known until after they were introduced at the 1964 and 1988 Games respectively. Besides, more people play Sepak Takraw now than enjoy many other Olympic sports, like, say, Keirin or Omnium cycling. And in the balmy climes of Southeast Asia, most male athletes play Sepak Takraw without a shirt. If brevity of clothing helped popularize beach volleyball, then Sepak Takraw has toplessness on its side too. Imagine the marketing potential. hannahbeech ## Drop: Shooting; Add: Lacrosse  LEFT: Sergio Pinero of Dominican Republic competes during the Men's Trap Shooting qualifying at the London 2012 Olympic Game at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Aug. 6, 2012\.
RIGHT: Terry Kimener of the Denver Outlaws runs the ball up the field against the Chesapeake Bayhawks at Navy-Marines Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., Aug. 11, 2012\.
Drop it: Shooting

It’s one of the oldest events at the Olympics, but I think it should be the first to go. Yes, hunting and shooting are beloved pastimes around the world, but that doesn’t mean shooting belongs in the Games. It’s boring to watch, it’s not athletic in the traditional sense, and, with 15 separate events, it hogs a disproportionate amount of the Olympic stage. Sure, it requires hand-eye coordination, but so does playing Buck Hunter. Let's lose it.

(PHOTOS: Olympic Winners Savor the Moment)

Add it: Lacrosse

The most unexpectedly interesting events at the Olympics tend to be the team sports that don’t get much international attention at any other time—think women’s soccer or field hockey. Lacrosse is one of those sports, and it would make for some great on-field battles. The sport was included in some of the earliest Olympic Games, but it’s still growing, with new national associations cropping up recently in Uganda, Thailand and Hungary. Although lacrosse might not have the highest global profile, it’s so exciting that even a glimpse of the fast-paced action and full-contact plays is guaranteed make fans out of any newcomers in the stands. mgibson1271 ## Drop: Table Tennis; Add: Tug-of-War ![Drop it: Table Tennis I didn’t expect the reaction. Last Sunday, I had some time to kill before the 100-m sprint final. So I headed over to the Excel Center, a convention hall that was hosting the Olympic strength and combat sports–fencing, judo, wrestling, boxing, weightlifting, taekwondo–plus table tennis. I bounced around a few venues, and wound up in table tennis, where the men’s team competition was being held. I had seen the sport live at Beijing 2008, and thought it was neat. But maybe I got caught up in the culture. The sport is huge in China, which dominates the Olympic competition. In Beijing, kids play table tennis in parks. How cool was it, I thought, to catch Olympic table tennis in the home of the best players? But as I sat in the table tennis venue London, I found myself thinking, “What the hell is this doing here?” \(PHOTOS: Are These Photos of Olympics Table Tennis or Telekinesis? You Decide.)

What explains such a drastically different guttural response to ping-pong? (There, I said it–serious table tennis players hate that word, but that’s what it is). I suspect it may have been the lighting. That sounds insane, I know, but hear me out. The Excel Center venues are dark, save for a bright spotlight on the competitors. The scheme does a good job of keeping your focus on the event. So with my eyes honed in on the ping-pong players, it hit me. What am I really watching here? This is a rec-room sport, with a tiny plastic ball. Sure, these guys have quick reflexes. But so do magicians. The table tennis players don’t have to run, jump, or be particularly strong. They don’t have to move around all that much. They just don’t pass the Olympics smell test.

Add it: Tug-of-war

So if ping-pong were purged, what sport should be added? Seriously, wouldn’t tug-of-war be pretty amazing? What sport offers a better test of national strength? Give us your eight strongest guys, and tug away. The sport was in the Olympics from 1900 to 1920, but the International Olympic Committee ditched it because tug-of-war didn’t have a global governing body. Come on–if school kids can organize tug-of-war in the yard, and the ping-pongers can get themselves together, forming a tug-of-war committee can’t be that hard. I’m pulling for it. sgregory31 ## Drop: Men's Soccer; Add: Ten-Pin Bowling  LEFT: Neymar of Brazil, right, controls the ball under pressure from Jorge Enriquez of Mexico during the Men's Football Final between Brazil and Mexico at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wembley Stadium, Aug. 11, 2012.
RIGHT: Chris Paul attends the PBA Chris Paul Celebrity Invitational Bowling Tournament at Lucky Strike Lanes at L.A. Live in Los Angeles, Jan. 12, 2012.
Drop it: Men’s Soccer

There must be an argument in favor of getting rid of men’s soccer but keeping women’s, which has been exhilarating throughout these Games. It’s impossible to believe that the male players truly care about Olympic soccer, with it taking place just before many domestic seasons start, and the fans don’t take to it as they do for domestic and international competitions. The fact that Brazil still has never won gold in men’s soccer shows that the greatest footballing nation in the world might not take the Olympics quite as seriously as it does other major tournaments.

Add it: Ten-pin Bowling

As much as I’d love to see cricket added (it was in the 1900 Olympics in Paris) I think it’s too much of a stretch to expect major nations to take part, let alone be medal contenders. Instead, my nomination would be for ten-pin bowling; not only did 20 nations compete in the discipline in Seoul in 1988 when it was a demonstration sport, but everyone knows how to bowl; and if it was lit as imaginatively as the fencing was in London this time around, it would surely get some serious traction. glentime ## Drop: Tennis; Add: Darts  LEFT: Andy Murray of Great Britain returns a shot to Nicolas Almagro of Spain during the Quarterfinal of Men's Singles Tennis at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Wimbledon, Aug. 2, 2012.
RIGHT: Robbie Green of England in action against Dean Winstanley of England against on Day 5 of the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships in Frimley, England, Jan. 5, 2011.
Drop it: Tennis

So Britain’s Andy Murray beat Switzerland’s Roger Federer to Olympic gold, erasing the hurt of Federer's defeat of Murray at Wimbledon less than a month earlier. So Serena Williams won Olympic gold, just as she had won Wimbledon less than a month earlier. Tennis already has its huge international showcases, its grand slam tournaments. If we want to watch repeats, we'll just turn to the non-Olympic broadcasters filling their schedules with cheap programming during the Games.

Add it: Darts

Some folk may argue that darts doesn't belong in the Olympic roster because it's not a sport. It seems to me to involve similar levels of prowess as archery and ping-pong. It's great fun to watch. And it may not inspire viewers to greater athleticism but at least it shows them the benefits of getting up from their bar stool. cathmayer ## Drop: Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline; Add: Baseball ![Drop it: Rhythmic Gymnastics and Trampoline Before the women’s gymnastics all-around event, I was surprised to look up and see swans. Not real ones, but the ballet kind, from the English National Ballet. Which got me to thinking. Instead of ballet, why not something more relevant? Like rhythmic gymnastics? And trampoline? Rather than making them contested sports, I’m convinced they would make a better warm-up act for artistic gymnastics. Yes, I know that rhythmic gymnasts and trampoline athletes work hard and long to perfect their skills, but so do plate spinners and jugglers. All those ribbons and hoops and balls, and the beautiful \(and sometimes painful-looking\) ways the gymnasts contort themselves around these things would make a fabulous opening act. And can you imagine the trampoline, with cheers of “Higher, higher, higher\!” to get the crowd going? \(PHOTOS: The Fab Five Wins Gold: Highlights from the Gymnastics Team Final)

Add it: Baseball

If basketball is an Olympic sport, then why not baseball? I’d like to see men’s baseball and women’s softball back in the mix; they have global appeal and kids everywhere who have picked up a bat and swung at a ball can relate to them. But I’d shut out the pros. Let’s go back to the original intent of the Games and limit them to amateur athletes only; once sports becomes a paying job, they somehow lose their luster of being the ultimate contest of the fastest, highest and strongest in the world. (And yes, I’d apply this rule to not just baseball and softball but basketball, swimming and gymnastics as well). apark7 ## Drop: Canoeing and Sailing; Add: Surfing  LEFT: Mathieu Doby of Belgium competes in the Men's Kayak Single (K1) Semi Final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Lee Valley White Water Centre, Aug. 1, 2012.
RIGHT: U.S. surfer Koloche Andino competes in the Association of Surfing Professionals' men's 2012 ASP World Championship Tour at Barra da Tijuca beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 14, 2012\.
Drop it: Canoeing and Sailing

Rowing is an elegant if effete sport to watch and the fitness level of these people is remarkable. But let’s draw the line at canoeing. There must be a dozen medal events for a race in which you stand up in a boat and stab the water. This is inappropriate seamanship for starters, but it belies the very idea of the craft: a delicate slipper of a boat designed to glide silently along the water. Somehow this doesn't seem to be what the Algonquins had in mind. We need to stop this armada right now before rubber raft racing becomes a medal sport. And sailing? What kind of a spectator sport is that: the boats are million miles away from the crowd. The boats could be halfway to Bermuda for all we know it. This would be better as a video game.

Add it: Surfing

If you want a shore event, let’s add surfing. Yes, it would favor the coast nations like Brazil and Australia and even China and India, but now there are even surfing events indoors with artificial wave machines, so everyone can practice. Beach volleyball, which got famous at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has deserted the beach. The next Olympics are in Brazil: a perfect spot to start a water sport, at the beach, that everyone can watch. bilsap ## Drop: Dressage; Add: Men's Synchronized Swimming  LEFT: Helen Langehanenberg of Germany riding Damon Hill competes in the Individual Dressage at the London 2012 Olympic Games at Greenwich Park, Aug. 9, 2012.
RIGHT: The men's synchronized swimming team from Frankfurt, Germany, swim in a line at the first World OutGames in Montreal, Canada, Aug. 2, 2006.
Drop it: Dressage

Dressage can be captivating to watch. The rider directs the horse with a series of imperceptible leg movements along its belly, prompting it to move seamlessly between each of the balletic movements required in a successful performance. The discipline requires mastery on the part of the rider; getting a horse to trot in time to “Live and Let Die,” as Britain’s Charlotte Dujardin did to claim the 2012 Olympic individual gold medal, is quite a feat. But the sport, rather like shooting, seems to emphasize skill rather than athletic ability. The other equestrian disciplines — show-jumping and eventing—make intense physical demands on riders, who must cling to their horses as they gallop through cross-country courses and clear 5-foot fences. And while dressage riding no doubt leaves equestrians feeling saddle weary, it doesn’t appear to push them to the limits of human exertion. In Rio 2016, the International Olympic Committee should at least start giving the horses medals too.

Add it: Men’s Synchronized Swimming

Only allowing women to compete in Olympic synchronized swimming is like forcing boys to play with G.I. Joe and girls to play with Barbie. We’ve moved beyond 1950s gender norms in other parts of society, yet the Olympics still lags behind when it comes to aquatic ballet. Why shouldn’t men compete in synchronized teams–as women do–or pair up with women, as they do in figure skating? There's obviously talent and desire out there—just Google Kenyon Smith, Bill May, Niklas Stoepel and Britain’s Out to Swim Angels if you’re skeptical. The introduction of women’s boxing to the Games this year was an unequivocal success. At Rio 2016, the Olympic Committee should do away with all gender-specific sports, and let the mermen swim. sonia1211 Which Olympic Sports Should Be Dropped and Added ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7215166/bring-back-tug-of-war-so-long-ping-pong-the-olympic-sports-to-add-and-drop/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7215166/bring-back-tug-of-war-so-long-ping-pong-the-olympic-sports-to-add-and-drop/"},"headline":"Bring Back Tug of War, So Long Ping Pong: The Olympic Sports to Add -- and Drop","datePublished":"2012-08-15T07:00:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-25T05:19:24.525Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/archive/7215166/bring-back-tug-of-war-so-long-ping-pong-the-olympic-sports-to-add-and-drop/","keywords":["olympics","Baseball","shooting","Surfing","Soccer","bowling"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta43d026cb7032de2/6998b3bd25f3ee56316427ff/150209666.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta43d026cb7032de2/6998b3bd25f3ee56316427ff/150209666.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Olympics Day 16 - Gymnastics - Rhythmic","caption":"Olympics Day 16 - Gymnastics - Rhythmic","creditText":"Getty Imagesu0026mdash;2012 Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/olympics/","name":"olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7215166/bring-back-tug-of-war-so-long-ping-pong-the-olympic-sports-to-add-and-drop/","name":"Bring Back Tug of War, So Long Ping Pong: The Olympic Sports to Add -- and Drop"}}]}] ```