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From: bloomber@noscvax.UUCP (Michael N. Bloomberg)
Newsgroups: net.sport
Subject: Racquet Sports in the Olympics
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Date: Tue, 7-Aug-84 13:37:50 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  7 13:37:50 1984
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  Does anybody in NetLand know why there are no racquet sports in
the Olympic games???  It seems to me that many of these sports
would be quite exciting to watch.  Aside from tennis, badminton
and table tennis are two sports that come to mind.  They are
fast-paced, take up a small area (great for T.V.!!) and require
excellent physical conditioning.  I realize that a sport like
badminton is not well known.  However, if played well, can be
quite an exciting sport and deserving of greater popularity.

  It seems the Olympics gives a disproportional amount of attention
to the various sports. For example, why are there some many different
swimming events (the 100, 200, 400 meters in the backstroke, breaststroke, 
butterfly and freestyle, the individual medley, and the team medley
(I probably didn't even cover them all!!) ) It seems absurd that
there is the potential of an individual winning seven gold medals
(as Mark Spitz did). Why not limit these events and include other
kinds of sports??
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