Remember how synchronised swimming was a gift to comedians everywhere?
It was debatable whether it was even a sport.
And yet there it was in the Olympic Games.
But some people argue it’s an even bigger atrocity to include sports played by professionals who have become very, very rich.
That would be tennis and golf, just to name a couple.
Even team sports like soccer seem a little out of place in the Games, which were originally meant to be for total amateurs.
In the ancient Games these amateurs – who were all men – even competed in the nude.
But let’s not make too much of that because everyone in ancient Greece seemed to enjoy not having any clothes on.
Including athletes while training or competing.
Indeed the word gymnasium literally means a school of naked exercises. It comes from the Greek word for being naked, gymnos.
Either way it’s time for the Games to recapture their original amateur spirit – and cost a lot less to stage – so here’s our Top 5 Olympic events:
Number 1: Marbles. Only boys and girl up to the age of 12 are allowed to participate.
Number 2. Spinning top challenge. Same age rule as above.
Number 3. Two flies crawling up a wall. Gold, gold, gold to Australia.
Number 4. Handball. Up against a wall.
Number 5. Standing on your head.
