If you trained for five years…

[flibbertyjibber]

If Crown green bowls was in it I could do that. Nothing else though.

 

[Yeoman]

Bowls is in the Commonwealth Games, though not crown green.

I would go for dressage. The horse seems to do most of the work.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Bowls is in the Commonwealth Games, though not crown green.

Yeah I love watching the Commonwealth Games bowls. Crown green is much more fun though, go anywhere and attack the crown.

 

[Son Of Coco]

A few of the lads from our cricket club decided after attending the European Handball at the Sydney Olympics that we would form a team, represent Australia because no one else did and go to the Athens Olympics.

We had a meeting about it then decided to get on the piss at the pub instead.

At uni we decided we were going to play because there were a heap of Scandinavians at our uni, and we thought playing would mean meeting a lot of the girls.

It never happened either.

 

[Son Of Coco]

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yeah it’s gotta be shooting

He didn't have a real gun either. He was just pointing a stick at the target and yelling out 'POW'.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Rowing is a good shout. Like the one where they have 8 guys in the boat. Can't be that hard to do a reasonable job and be carried by 7 teammates

 

[Molehill]

Bowls is in the Commonwealth Games, though not crown green.

I would go for dressage. The horse seems to do most of the work.

That's actually the hardest of the horsey disciplines to learn, show jumping the easiest, point horse at fence and jump.

I'd choose Sailing, not so reliant on physical strength, more on strategy. And I'd probably quite enjoy the 5 years of training too.

 

[Burgey]

Rowing is a good shout. Like the one where they have 8 guys in the boat. Can't be that hard to do a reasonable job and be carried by 7 teammates

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[wpdavid]

If the criteria are to finish the event and not injure myself, then I'll take the 100 meteres please. Obviously my leisurely stroll would be, to quote Spark 'as slow as ****', but I'd be alive. And probably not injured unless I got up too quickly from the starting position.

Other than that, you can add me to the list of shooters.

 

[wpdavid]

Rowing is a good shout. Like the one where they have 8 guys in the boat. Can't be that hard to do a reasonable job and be carried by 7 teammates

Even better, be the cox in that event.

 

[Daemon]

Rowing is a good shout. Like the one where they have 8 guys in the boat. Can't be that hard to do a reasonable job and be carried by 7 teammates

Yeah that was my reasoning. It’s just one motion on repeat as well.

Actually there’s also the funnily named coxswain who just chills at the back and steers. I could do that for sure.

 

[Daemon]

Even better, be the cox in that event.

**** beaten

 

[Spark]

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Did that ever get adequately explained? Like honestly, what compels a person to do that to their teammates?

 

[Ali TT]

Yeah that was my reasoning. It’s just one motion on repeat as well.

Actually there’s also the funnily named coxswain who just chills at the back and steers. I could do that for sure.

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You have to be very small for that role though. Like jockey small.

 

[Coronis]

You have to be very small for that role though. Like jockey small.

Well you do have 5 years. Just starve yourself for a few years. Save some money and win a medal in a prestigious olympic event. Perfect plan.

 

[TheJediBrah]

You have to be very small for that role though. Like jockey small.

Does your whole body have to be small or just your cox

 

[BoyBrumby]

In five years I'll be in my mid-50s so I guess the options are pretty limited.

My other half is (or was before kids) actually a competitive archer at a ground roots level (competed for her club against other clubs) and we have some ridiculously expensive kit gathering dust in a cupboard that she can't quite bring herself to get rid of, so that'd likely be the go.

 

[Coronis]

In five years I'll be in my mid-50s so I guess the options are pretty limited.

My other half is (or was before kids) actually a competitive archer at a ground roots level (competed for her club against other clubs) and we have some ridiculously expensive kit gathering dust in a cupboard that she can't quite bring herself to get rid of, so that'd likely be the go.

I miss wooden bows tbh

 

[wpdavid]

Does your whole body have to be small or just your cox

Now I'm going to have to dig out the old Jimmy Greaves line about the boat race being an odd affair because, afterwards, the winning team dipped their cox in the Thames.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Probably shooting. I used to do pretty well at laser quest so I'd be shocked if I wasn't good at Olympic shooting.