Should Ping Pong be an Olympic Sport?

Question

I saw Ping Pong in the Olympics and though to myself, why are 4 grown men crowded around that tiny lil table, how sad..... Why is it an Olympic sport? Thousands of years ago the i doubt the greeks imagined this.....

Answer 1

Ask Forest Gump.

Answer 2

I dont think the Greeks imagined half the sports that currently make up the Olympics.  I personally like table tennis - I find it it entertaining (in a hilarious kinda way)

And for goodness sake, why is Boxing an Olympic sport?  I dont see it as a sport at all

Answer 3

why not?i like it....

n did greeks imagine football or basketball or bolleyball or TKD????

oh yeah..n cycling,have u ever seen an ancient greek man ridden a bike...that's funny....

Answer 4

Did the Gods of Olympus have BMX???

Answer 5

No, what's next?  Snooker?

Answer 6

The Greeks might not have but I bet the Geeks love it ;-)

Answer 7

i am not interested to watch ping pong..so have no idea about the game!

Answer 8

Did the Gods at Olympus envisage Basketball, Softball, etc. Grow up, more people play table tennis than softball . why should sports that asians , who make up half the world, like be ignored ?

Answer 9

Yeah it does seem a little lame. Although it is pretty amazing to watch them play. I think Dog Frizbee should be an Olympic sport. LOL.

Answer 10

I think table tennis is a very interesting game. The ball is small and light yet when it was played, it was simply too fast. Not an easy sports to take.

4 grown men with excellent skills make it even better. I don't see anything wrong with it.

Answer 11

well if sicronised swimming is a olympic games why not

olympic gets all the un wanted sports

Answer 12

Yes.  Because it requires speed, agility and a lot of hand and eye coordination.  

I think Northern Europeans would have agreed as well.  Your opinions don't really matter in this case.

Answer 13

It is a sport in every way. Just because the playing area is small doesn't mean it shouldn't be a sport. Olympics is international and, although you may not know it, table tennis is a very popular sport in China as well as other countries.

Answer 14

Off course. Why should their be events what the US can't win and the Cheater Chinese can?

We should remove diving, wrestling and badminton too and include American Football (Americans use their hand as foot in this type of football), NASCAR and other sports what is not even known outside USA. That will surely win us some gold and guarantee first place over china.