London Olympics Sports

The London Olympic Games begin in less than 43 days. I thought it would be appropriate to break down which sports the Netherlands will be competing it. Here's the breakdown.

-Archery
-Track and Field;
        Discus, heptathlon, marathon, shot put, decathlon, hurdles, various sprints
-Badminton (I didn't know that's how it's spelled!)
    Interestingly their athlete in this is Jie Yao who now resides in Holland. The competetion level in China is so great, she moved to the Netherlands to have a better chance of making the olympics.
-Cycling
   BMX, road, track, mountain biking
-Equestrian
   Dressage, eventing, jumping
-Fencing
-Field Hockey
-Gymnastics
    Trampoline, artistic
-Judo
-Rowing
-Sailing
-Shooting
-Swimming
-Table Tennis (similar story to Badminton)
-Taekwondo
-Triathlon

Some of those sports never get televised. It'd be interesting to see. Especailly table tennis or something.
I'm not sure of the total number of Dutch Athletes yet as qualifying is still taking place. But it's around 204 nations competing, with 10,500 estimated total athletes.
The Netherlands will be looking to defend their 2008 Beijing Gold Medals in Cycling, Equestrian, and Field Hockey. They also Medal'd in Judo, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, and Water Polo.

Think you have what it takes to be an Olympian?

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