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Which Olympics sports can Denize participate in?

snakegore999
snakegore999 Posts: 694
edited August 2023 in Off-Topic

Next year is going to be both the Year of the Dragon and the Paris Olympics. As many of you Crushers eagerly await both, I'll share with you what official sports from the 2024 Paris Olympics I think Denize the dragon can and cannot participate in.

Sports she can participate in without significant difficulty

Athletics Running and Marathons

Soccer/Football

Artistic Gymnastics

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Trampoline

Handball

Volleyball/Beach Volleyball

Artistic Swimming

Water Polo

Weightlifting

Sports she can participate in with significant difficulty or accommodations

Archery - needs higher targets to accommodate for her height

Athletics Hurdles and Steeplechase - her short legs make jumping over hurdles somewhat difficult

Athletics Relay - must use prehensile tail to pass and receive baton

Athletics Triple Jump - she's not good at jumping with short legs

Athletics Shot Put - better played with prehensile tail

Athletics Discus Throw - better played with prehensile tail

Athletics Heptathlon - several difficult sports

Badminton - must hold racquet with prehensile tail

Fencing - must hold epee with prehensile tail

Table Tennis - must hold paddle with prehensile tail

Tennis - must hold racquet with prehensile tail

Sports she cannot participate in

Athletics High Jump - she cannot jump high with short legs

Athletics Pole Vault - very long body makes it very difficult to clear the bar, unless she's good at rapidly coiling into a smaller, compact form in mid-air

Basketball - arms are too high to dribble

Boxing - arms are too high and feeble

Canoe Slalom and Sprint - cannot ride a canoe

All bike events - cannot drive bikes without bending long body hard

Equestrian - too heavy to ride a horse

Golf - requires two hands, which are too high

Field Hockey - requires two hands, which are too high

Judo - requires two hands, which are too high

Rowing - cannot ride boats

Rugby - falling over can be dangerous

Sailing - cannot ride boats

Triathlon - cannot ride bikes, and swims too fast

Sports Shooting - limited hand-eye coordination; eyes are too far from hands

Springboard Diving - long body makes falling dangerous

Swimming Race/Marathon - long body and high swimming speed makes competition with her impossible

Wrestling - body is too long and arms are too high

Hey! Would you like to give us your opinion?