Patrick_S
persona non grata
I have a feeling you´re talking from an american perspective here. In europe are many olympic sports extremely popular. For example: in Sweden is Helena Jonsson (biathlon) by far the most popular swedish athlete.Pretty much. I'm not questioning the legitimacy of all the sports in the Olympics, as they all require a great amount of skill and effort. Also, I respect what all the athletes do and applaud them for their dedication to their sport, but I just think it's funny how people can go 3 1/2 years without even thinking about bobsledding, or alpine skiing, or high dive, or badminton and then get all geeked about the Olympics like they are die hard fans.