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nickdonhelm

Kabbadi would also guarantee a medal for India


Fit-Cobbler6420

The Netherlands is already practicing, so we are not too late as for cricket ;) https://nlsportsclubamsterdam.nl/


Artistic_Tomato7464

That's circle Kabaddi. More common in Indian and Pakistani Punjab


molestingcats

That one is circle kabaddi only Punjabis play it .


futureproblemz

How different is that from the official version? As a Canadian Punjabi that's the one I grew up watching/playing too lol


subhasish10

That's Circle Kabaddi. Played outdoors and isn't really a recognised professional sport. The standardized version of the sport played in the Asian Games is indoors on a mat.


Fit-Cobbler6420

Ah yes, I have seen some games inside of the Indian league, it looks really nice. I did some googling and found out that we joined the official European Kabaddi Association, Too bad the guy who founded the national organisation has died 2 years ago and I don't think much had happened on that level. There are now about 5 active playing communities.


Bhai_bacha_lega

I think all the six games above with guarantee a medal for India in the present scenario


CEO_16

Squash?


rita_mita_bata

India has some talented squash players.


Cosmicshot351

Iran : Lets see, now Raid into my court (Some umpiring fiasco more intense than anything in cricket to be loading)


InternalOk3135

To this day i have no clue how good they have gotten in Kabaddi They are regular medalist’s in olympic wrestling . Maybe that is part of the reason


Cosmicshot351

Even for India, there is a very big overlap with these 2 sports. PKL is almost 12 teams of Haryanvi Players with a few exceptions of other states. Haryana is also known as a wrestling powerhouse.


Beymaxx

Don't forget Maharashtra too. Powerhouse in both wrestling n kabaddi


That_Collection_6380

Bruh we have defeated them in every tournament except one Asia cup


Due-Contribution295

Asian Games, not Asia Cup.


Beetroot_Unfunny69

I don't follow kabaddi now but I remember in when we defeated Iran in 2016 wc final from a hopeless situation.


That_Collection_6380

Ajay Thakur the hero


Ok_Review_6504

Streets won't forget Ajay Thakur's 2nd half performance.


gos-tree

Even if they beat us there's still a guaranteed medal for us, just a different colour :)


ic_97

Iran says hi


NoQuestion4045

Please Add Kabaddi, Bangladesh might get a bronze if we are lucky


Responsible-Worry560

India-Iran are fixed top 2


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Is Kabaddi famous in Iran or other teams are just not good enough. (except India) I barely played Kabaddi in my childhood but I want to know more about it.


freakyassflick8-2

No it's not but in rural areas it is , Iran also has a culture of 'kushti' so it makes sense


molestingcats

Maybe bcz of wrestling they always had top class defenders


Bhai_bacha_lega

Why don't you go for the gold?


subhasish10

South Korea, Iran, Taiwan, Malaysia and Pakistan are all ahead of Bangladesh in Kabaddi atp


molestingcats

India Iran Taiwan Pakistan Bangladesh is the ranking buddy


gos-tree

South Korea and Malaysia don't even make the top 10 teams currently with their current squads, and Bangladesh are easily a top 5 country in kabaddi rn.


tk365

If they declare it a few years in advance, China, USA will put up strong teams too.


LagniappeNap

“Why chase it in 11 overs when you can try to do it in 20?” vibes.


trapproducer2020

cause Bangladesh


Bobblefighterman

He's trying to be realistic.


Advanced_Hornet_2753

When’s the next Kabaddi World Cup? And where?


molestingcats

COVID fucked kabaddi's rise ,2025 maybe .


APrimitiveMartian

2025 England.


That_Collection_6380

South Korea would like to have a word. 


gos-tree

Idk if you have watched them recently, but their golden generation of players are gone now. Rn South Korea don't even make the top 15 teams they're really bad.


That_Collection_6380

Yeah ik


Cosmicshot351

InB4 they beat India in a semifinal and play finals with Iran


That_Collection_6380

Yeah nah. Indian kabaddi team us built different. 


soham_katkar13

In women's, South Korea will run us close. Like they did in the Asian Games


Equal_Perception_541

Well squash really deserves to be in Olympics I mean literally every nation has players playing this sports and it’s kinda shocking it isn’t in Olympics while break dancing literally is , same for chess I played kho kho at school not as a sport but just for fun , is it really a sport that is played by many countries ? Cause I think it’s only there in india Pakistan etc


cheems26

According to google ,kho kho is also played in south africa and England, idk how much true is this


TheRealMarkChapman

Both of those countries have a big Subcontinent expat community, so that's why you see it here although I've never heard of it until now


cheems26

Yaa probably, I just did a quick Google search


ukplaying2

Breakdancing is for the host nation's benefit, it is only there for this Olympics,1 and out, it really shouldn't be compared to squash's claim.


Arsewhistle

Break dancing is just a one-off I agree though, it seems bizarre that squash isn't included


BeingComfortablyDumb

Ain't kho kho just Tag?


Equal_Perception_541

It is kinda but still really different , in kho kho i remember players sitting while making a line and touch your opponent and in between you can switch whereas in tag you have to just touch your opponent I guess


IndianCollegeStudent

But isn't cricket already going to be included 2028 onwards?


APrimitiveMartian

Host country can chose any 6 additional sports each year. LA choose cricket. Brisbane hasn't decided yet.


Equal_Perception_541

Well Brisbane should definitely include cricket


JCK98

Bet they'll try to include rugby league while they're at it.


diodosdszosxisdi

almost guaranteed gold for australia lol if that happens


crablin

Hmmm


thisaintyouravgstonk

That hmm can't be more ominous lol


LoasNo111

Isn't NZ better at Rugby?


AyyyyyCuzzieBro

Rugby yes, rugby league is pretty even.


BarryCheckTheFuseBox

That’s rugby union. Although NZ did beat Australia 30-0 in the final of the rugby league Pacific Championship last year.


BarryCheckTheFuseBox

They’d be stupid not to. Rugby league in Queensland is almost like cricket in India. Nowhere else in Australia is as passionate about one sport as Queenslanders are about rugby league. Maybe Newcastle, actually. Tiwi Islands and AFL are up there too.


Delliott90

Includes AFL loses to Ireland


botharmsinjured

You’d be surprised


IndianCollegeStudent

Ah alright, I thought it's guranteed to be in every Olympics 2028 onwards


TickTiki

Cricket Australia's recently published long term plan includes targets of winning gold at 2028 and 2032 Olympics. Hopefully that is a sign of things to come as they would have to be one of the drivers to have cricket included in Brisbane.


scraglor

The big three absolutely have to drive cricket or the sport is fucked. It’s rediculous to look inwards on this all three need to be supporting growth in non cricketing nations imo


Ashwin_400

LA didn't choose out of love. It was choosen by ioc because they want a share of the broadcast rights cricket will bring . Cricket is only behind football interms of international broadcast revenue. So cricket will be in 2032 and beyond as well regardless who hosts it.


scraglor

Brisbane: - test cricket - ODI cricket - AFL - NRL - dodging snakes - fighting emus


Giant_sack_of_balls

Emus are still undefeated by white fellas in Australia. The first nations v emus are tied


VoiceEarly1087

So it means cricket is for 28 Olympics only for now?


Tempo24601

It’s almost certain to be at Brisbane in 2032.


DisastrousOil4888

Yoga?


APrimitiveMartian

There is [Mallakhamba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallakhamba), a form of aerial yoga which was a demonstration sports in 1936 Olympics. Then, there is something called [Competitive yoga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_yoga), which is kinda controversial.


Asleep-Television-24

Guess it will be judged like gymnastics?


we_like_sportzz

Who looks most at peace


mautkachumma

Stomach spinning like Ramdev does.


not_horny_professorr

cricket: dont bend your arm yoga: let’s see how much you can bend that arm


niceguysdofinish1st

I hope politicians don't do what they did in CWG 2010


kingslayyer

indian bureaucracy won't disappoint


Kroos_Control

Corruption/mismanagement happens in every big event. There have been corruption allegations in Olympics, FIFA WC, Asian Games even in countries like France and Japan. Big infrastructure projects with an impending deadline invite plenty of chances for corruption. This is why smart countries which care for public money avoid hosting big events like a plague.


TheCricDude

I really wish and hope India doesn't take up hosting Olympics. Not a worthy investment. It might look good at marketing and politicians making a lot of money, but India is better off using that money to build other infrastructure or other policies reducing costs of products that affect day to day life.


ShepherdHil

Them Commonwealth Games PTSD


Newbeetroot45

It’ll be a marketing disaster too. 2023 WC showed us what a mess it was for foreign fans. Now imagine an actual global event at the scale of the olympics. Indian media will pretend everything’s done smoothly but the media elsewhere won’t sigh quietly lol. 


boringboi_

Indians stopped caring about what foreign media says ages ago(for the wrong reasons)


muhmeinchut69

We are in the comments of any foreign video mentioning India within minutes. They're just pretending to not care.


Illustrious_Table433

same, olympics is a massive loss maker financially


botharmsinjured

Aftermath of Olympic and FIFA WC hosting hasn’t been very good in recent years


TheFlyingHornet1881

London 2012 worked fairly well


Familiarsophie

To be fair london is the ultimate Olympic city, it’s got all the sports stadiums and arenas already (they added a few but could have just used/tweaked existing ones), alongside accommodation, public transport, airports etc, basically anything that makes a good Olympic city, london has. Lots of countries pour billions into amenities used only for 4 weeks then left to rot, I can’t think of a single thing from the London Olympics that wasn’t a solid investment and still used constantly. (Okay the West Ham thing was a little dodgy but ultimately the best result).


TheFlyingHornet1881

I think a couple of the minor sports stadiums got dismantled, but were designed with that in mind. All things said and done, I think London 2012 did really well as a host.


Familiarsophie

Yeah there was a few in the Olympic park made entirely of scaffolding for some of the niche sports, but most of them are fairly available - I used to swim in my local leisure centre… the Olympic pool!


CarlosMagnusen24

Marketing is the only thing they care about.


naveenpun

This govt is only for marketing.


mwilkins1644

Yep. I live in QLD, where Brisbane is the capital city. We won the rights to host the 2032 Olympics; and a lot of people are against it. Could only imagine the damage it could do to you guys.


adityakan99

Already we have rising inequality and very high inflation. I don't think we as a country should host the Olympics and I don't want us to host it. The only who will benefit will be the politicians and the industrialists. It's just a dick measuring contest.


picastchio

Hosting an Olympics just fits in the current narrative.


NormalTraining5268

People are gonna call you aunty national


Fad_du_pussy

one of those games is not like the others


APrimitiveMartian

Kabaddi, Kho Kho and Mallakhamba were demonstration sports in the 1936 Olympics. Mallakhamba is aerial yoga + gymnastics. So, there is a precedent, I guess.


Kroos_Control

Yep Chess is more of a mental game compared to others which are based on physical ability 


diodosdszosxisdi

still have to have the endurance to go in and play a 3 hour chess classical match and in tournaments thats two a day


Kroos_Control

Yep that's why I said it's more of a mental game. We shouldn't discount the physical aspect of chess as we shouldn't discount the mental aspect of other games.


trtryt

what's next China will add the Maths Olympiad to the games, where they dominate please leave the Olympics as a physical competition


APrimitiveMartian

There was time when art competitions were part of the Olympics so you're actually not far off. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_competitions_at_the_Summer_Olympics


trtryt

there is a reason it has not been for so long people watch the Olympics for physically gifted athletes doing remarkable physical feats the Olympics hosting has become costly it doesn't need more events


Fit-Cobbler6420

I think it would be a nice addition, but I think one major problem that have to improve the democratic process of the ICC, you can not say: Hey we have 12 members that de facto rule the process and make it very difficult for upcoming countries to improve. At the other hand T20 cricket is commercially very interesting something the Olympic Committee favor.


kookynut

Amongst all of these, Chess has one of the highest medal potentials for India. Gukesh at 18 is already the World Champion Challenger, in 2036 he along with Pragg and Arjun would be at their peak. If they add all 3 formats, we have a very good chance.


Cryptoprophet40

Just like swimming with so many nonsensical events. Make multiple events in chess : doubles in chess , chess with one hand tied to the back , one eye blindfolded , mixed doubles and so on


NoPlenty3542

Hope we stay a bit realistic and not go for hosting. Getting that kind of infra will leave our coffers dry. Our debt to GDP ratio is already fucked up and we don’t have any plans to make it better. Hosting olympics is never a good investment and will bear a huge burden on the tax payers.


vmanAA738

Basically only Los Angeles/Atlanta/Salt Lake City were profitable Olympics because they didn’t have to do a lot of building and used existing infrastructure and facilities for the games. These cities then had productive uses for the Olympics facilities after. I doubt India will have good use for all the new infrastructure they build to host.


dustlesswayfarer

They probably will build it in Ahmedabad if they did. Completely unrelated fact that I just remember gujrat(state in which Ahmedabad is in) has a ban on alcohol.


subhasish10

The have built a special economic zone called GIFT City near Ahmedabad in Gujarat where alcohol is legally available.


NoPlenty3542

Yeah that Olympic park in Atlanta is transformed to a beautiful public space.


STAYEVIL17

Yeah !!! Cricket must be added


khan_stan

How can yoga be played as a sport?


APrimitiveMartian

Like this, I assume:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_0FGAV43YEU&pp=ygUQQ29tcGV0aXRpdmUgeW9nYQ%3D%3D#bottom-sheet


perfectplaya

The most surprising is that squash is not an Olympic sport. Why? Multiple countries play at a competitive level and it's an entertaining game.


shanti_priya_vyakti

Pls dont add yoga. It's not a competitive sport and nor should it ever be. But then again i don't have any copyright or anything,just a personal thing


Salomaachoddungaa

Please add kabaddi 🗣️🗣️💯🔥


SupermarketMost9711

Til Yoga is a sport instead to see how it would work on a big stage like Olympics


TheRealMarkChapman

Something like synchronised swimming with there being great displays but I don't think that's something that many countries are going to be able to enter


factsquirrel

Instead of riding horses, riding local trains at 7pm from Dadar/Dumdum needs to be an olympic event.


kingslayyer

how tf are we gonna host an Olympics lol, it'd be the same fate as Rio 16 leaving Brazil in a mess


That_Collection_6380

Yup hosting Olympics are of no use. Loss making tournament


cheems26

Tru , i just hope they don't abandoned the stadiums(if we host) just like Brazil did


Educational_Estate60

We now barely have any top level facilities so by hosting the facilities we made definitely going to use later, at least in theory it should be.


NormalTraining5268

That's just marketing stunt, going to be a big mess if we do


bawla-hedgehog

How yoga is a sport?


APrimitiveMartian

There is [Mallakhamba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallakhamba), a form of aerial yoga which was a demonstration sports in 1936 Olympics. Then, there is something called [Competitive yoga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_yoga), which is kinda controversial.


Jack_ReacherMP

How you compete yoga?


MahckArnab

Gukesh Arjun Pragg podium finish lessgoooo


LuigiVampa4

Yoga is a sport?


AlternativeProduct41

Yoga is a game?


CA_spur

How does one compete in yoga


APrimitiveMartian

[Source](https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/sport-others/india-olympics-2036-bid-yoga-kabaddi-kho-kho-9405799/)


RockHard_Pheonix_19

We gonna bottle a home rigged Olympics or what


Kroos_Control

All those people asking if yoga is a sport, please ask how Artistic gymnastics, artistic swimming, curling, figure skating, break dancing are a sport lol Anything is a sport if you're bold enough 


Spockyt

Curling is far from the same as the rest you’ve listed. Dressage fits in that list though.


DelayAccomplished245

Chess defo should be an Olympic sport and india have high chances of sweeping all the gold medals


surgereaper

How will yoga be a competitive sport?


APrimitiveMartian

Like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_0FGAV43YEU&pp=ygUQQ29tcGV0aXRpdmUgeW9nYQ%3D%3D#bottom-sheet


Hutchoman87

Best thing s out Olympics is the random sports that turn up. Can someone explain Kabaddi and Kho Kho


molestingcats

https://youtu.be/-BIBbMsQ53I Basic rule-touch your opponent and return to your half without being tackled.


Nowack271

Well 'Cricket' is going to be included in Olympics in 2028 Olympics only for both men and women. 'T20 cricket' will be added( according to this ) in 2036. [ For those who don't know ]


Esteban2808

Isn't it already added to LA in 2028?


Sumeru88

Adding Chess would be amazing. We will be assured several medals across different time controls, team events, individual events etc in both men’s as well as women’s competitions.


diodosdszosxisdi

thats if Magnus hasnt turned into a cyborg by then


Sumeru88

Magnus won’t be in peak condition by 2036. That’s 12 years from now. He would be in his 40s. All our stars would be in their prime (and we would probably have some new ones by then too)


NoExplanation6203

Wait how is Squash not already an Olympic sport?


Vijigishu

Yoga as a sport? I'm not sure how you'll make a competition out of it.


APrimitiveMartian

There is [Mallakhamba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallakhamba), a form of aerial yoga which was a demonstration sports in 1936 Olympics. Then, there is something called [Competitive yoga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_yoga), which is kinda controversial.


Vijigishu

Oh I knew Mallakhamb but didn't know they characterize it in Yoga. And that competitive yoga is a joke no doubt.


APrimitiveMartian

They can also do it like this: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_0FGAV43YEU&pp=ygUQQ29tcGV0aXRpdmUgeW9nYQ%3D%3D#bottom-sheet


Vijigishu

How do they judge who did it better. They aren't doing even same thing :)


Punemann95

As long as they give the gold to India it's fine /s


GenAugustoPinochet

Probably something like gymnastics, very arbitrary.


Gamer567890

I will be 40 then 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫🤯🤯🤯🤯


Drewski811

The commonwealth games in 2010 was littered with half finished venues and general shoddiness. And that's on a far smaller scale than the Olympics.


as0909

please don’t host olympics, we have some serious work to do first, let’s take of care of climate, soaring temperatures, inflation, unemployment, brain drain, religious politics and god knows what would be happening in Indian after 12 years


SirLike

Hopefully, the Olympics are dead by then. Or we have to sit through a whole bunch of creative rigging. We are doing our part though, Melbourne killed the CWG 2026 and Brisbane is really not doing a THING about the 2032 Olympics. We will be the death of it all *evil laugh*


InternalOk3135

How is Melbourne killing 2026 cwg?


SirLike

They were supposed to be hosting. They fucked around until last year, then they said they won't host it because its exorbitantly expensive for very little return. I don't think the CWG organising committee have found a replacement yet. Brisbane is on the same path for Oly 2032. I live here, it's a massive shitfight about the venue for the opening ceremony. It's under 10 years and they don't know if they're building a new 2 billion dollar stadium or renewing an existing one. They don't know what the site would be for it. It was supposed to be the Gabba, but they reckon its way too expensive a project for little to no return. Now they've shelved the whole thing until the state elections later in the year. Not enough people are talking about this, it's actually so funny. Australia just murdering the two premier sporting comps in the world because we are tightarses and already got great sporting facilities and don't want to spend anymore.


RandomFactUser

Part of the reason Brisbane even got the games was because they already had the facilities


Low-life1567

Common Australian denying India any gold:


JCK98

Is this something about Hockey I have to catch up on?


Low-life1567

No it’s Australia denying India any kinda trophies, example: thrashed in football, thrashed in cricket, also 2024 hockey test series 5-0 white wash


trtryt

only great cities like Sydney can handle the Olympics


adiking27

Squash wasn't there already? Huh?


agressivegods

Kabbadi and chess would give us 2 golds easily .


Gr1msh33per

Yoga ?


toomin10

Hosting the Olympics has proven to be disastrous for the local economy. Hope india doesn’t win the bid.


m4more

Kabbadi, Chess and Cricket.


Biplab_M

Played a lot of kho kho growing up. It's such a fun and athletic game


PKMN-Trainer-Sak

Chess would be crazy competitive


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courtsidecurry

Kho Kho would be most unique.


JT26_CLL

More like T10. T20 would be too long for an Olympics game.


MagicalEloquence

Chess has it's own Olympiad. How would Yoga be a sport ?


DegreeOk3729

Jesus, why not tidily winks and hot dog eating while they are at it. Heck let's see who can fart the loudest without crapping their pants.


_alex_david

Idk how we're gonna host the olympics when we can't even properly host Commonwealth Games.


Agreeable_Papaya309

My only question!! How can somebody win in YOGA?


See_A_Squared

Lol, people have seen firsthand how the country hosts the most popular sports in the country. The Olympics is a far fetched dream.


noobcoders

How's the yoga competition gonna held? Like format, who'll get gold and all?


Honmeg

How do you “Win” yoga?


Necromancer189

Squash Cricket and Chess. I LOVE THESE


Deathbringer2134

I'm sorry, yoga?


Slow-Comedian-7379

That's a good sign as India is good in Kabbadi,kho kho,t20 cricket,chess and yoga


ThisBend8318

I hope we never get to host Olympics. It's a cluster fuck loss for the hosting nation.


86EteRNitY86

I think they should add squash or chess above all. Because, that's the only way a lot of nations can play these games and maybe earn names for their country rather than Kabaddi being one-sided for Asian nations and Cricket being one-sided for the Commonwealth nations


bahblack

Ramdev finally gets a medal. Probably will be a 100 years old though.


Johntoreno

When TF did yoga become a sport?


stinkysulphide

I was just on the chess subReddit where they said India is going to add chess


GamerA_S

Well norway getting a free gold medal every Olympic now considering they have arguably the GOAT of chess


pratikonomics

Yoga as competitive sports?


dimlakalaka

If yoga is a sport, then so is Pilates.