...apart from basketball? ...that you will spend more than an hour to watch? I will definitely watch a lot of divings, track and field (esp 100m dash & 4x100m relay, 110m hurdles - GO LIU XIANG!), ping pong & women volley ball. And I found from previous Olympiads that fencing is very exciting too. Hope they broadcast the game more. Too bad the CNT basketball team mostly plays in the afternoon, very unlikely to watch them live.
I enjoy watching the stuff that I usually never get a chance to watch. So pretty much everything...T&F, volleyball, water polo, etc...
There is a hottie on the Judo team. I like womens gymnastic. however, i hate hate hate ryhthem gymanstics. i like track. i like field. cyclings actually pretty fun to watch. i guess BMX...
I'll pretty much watch anything. Seriously, I am always glued to the TV during the Olympics. Even the random winter sports like Ski Jumping, Curling, etc, I love to watch them. It's kinda weird, even though in a non-olympic setting I'd much prefer to watch the Summer sports, I enjoy the Winter Olympics more in a lot of ways because I never get to see many of those sports any other time.
I usually watch anything/everything during the Olympics. The fact that it only comes once every 4 years is the reason why.
Track & Field Not because i'm a retired D-1 track runner but I love speed & the excitement with the sprinting events, especially. Add to that Tyson Gay running the fastest 100m sprint ever and my boy Jeremy Wariner defending his 400m & 4x400 medals i'll definitely be glued to the TV!
I wish they would come every year so I can take them for granted and skip the rest and just watch basketball.
I watch everything, including the ones I don't give two craps about. Of course, the major ones that only get my attention every 4 years are the Track and Field and Swimming events.
I enjoy Olympic table tennis. It is amazing to watch them play so fast and like 7 feet off the table at times. Another event I like is weightlifting. I usually cheer for someone like The Pocket Hercules.
I guess I know the reason behind. But frankly I watched quite a bit of their games lately but can hardly find "anything" attractive, "facialwise" nor "bodywise". The best duo in the world is a Brazilian team I believe. All I can say they are "average" at best.
There should be a thread with photos of all those pretty athletes this summer. I'm no Pryuen in terms of dedication but I will try my best to find some for you and Dave2000. So stay tuned...
I hope you're not thinking of Ronda Rousey who I don't think is hot at all although she might be our best shot at winning a gold. My favorites are the combatitve sports, Judo of course, but also like boxing, wrestling and Taekwondo. Otherwise I like the Olympics in general and will watch all of the sports except for ballroom dancing and dressage (dancing horses). Of course how could I forget Beach Volleyball
