Equestrian. You just need lots and lots of money. How else do you explain the following people who made the Olympics?

Zara Phillips
Jessica Springsteen
Katie Dinan

Others who didn’t quite make the Olympics

Georgina Bloomberg
Hannah selleck
Eve jobs
Jennifer Gates

Anonymous wrote:Dressage. This is the old and unathletic cheat sport of the Olympics. Lots of 40+ men and women use it as their ticket to the Olympics. You just need a horse who can crip walk. And heaps of money. A little bit of time. And Olympic glory is there for the taking.

You missed an important feature.

You might try the pole vault, it doesn’t look difficult.

Anonymous wrote:I should have made it clear; I am open to both summer and winter sports.

I don't think that was where you lost us.

Summer, not so much. But for winter, people start the sliding sports very late and qualify for Olympics only a few years later. Skeleton or luge, I can't remember which it was but I read about someone who went from never doing it to Olympics in one cycle (so <4 yrs). You have to move somewhere with a practice facility and get in incredible shape, obviously.

What about the middle people in the four-man bobsled? Yes, you have to run with the sled at the start and jump in, but then only the front and back people do the steering and braking.

How about table tennis or shotput?

Anonymous wrote:My kid decided during the winter olympics that his goal was doubles luge. He would lie on the floor and practice jiggling. Shockingly he could not convince anyone to lie under him.

LOL!

Anonymous wrote:The luge - all you have to do is lay down.
Actually any of the sled sports.

That reminds me. You could also become an Olympics groupie.

Ski jumping. What could possibly go wrong?

Anonymous wrote:This is a helpful reminder of the level of delusional thinking we’re dealing with in all sorts of threads and responses throughout this site.

Oh another look at how stupid DCUM is poster. Yes you are better then us. We get it now.

The luge - all you have to do is lay down.
Actually any of the sled sports.

Anonymous wrote:This is a helpful reminder of the level of delusional thinking we’re dealing with in all sorts of threads and responses throughout this site.

Exactly- OP and responses. Not a sane one yet.

There was a woman who was training to be a gymnast and injured her spine so she stopped that and took up trap shooting and medaled

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Anonymous wrote:Tell us your gender, age, previous athletic accomplishments, current physical status.

Female
30s
won most improved track and field player in HS once; also skied a few times
a few pounds overweight but trying

There is a 58 year old woman who is playing table tennis for Chile. There is always hope I guess!
https://fox8.com/news/meet-the-58-year-old-olympian-in-the-paris-games/amp/

Although she was on the Chinese national team in her youth so y’know.

There is the 51yo Turkish shooter who don’t need no fancy tech — I know he only started competing recently but not sure if he had other experience earlier in life.

I’m also feeling inspired, OP, but my inspiration is more of the “commit to doing an hour of yoga a day” kind. No way I have time to train for the Olympics. I used to figure skate and even practicing four hours a day didn’t get me to a national level.