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It's Top 5 time again, and with the Olympics heading into the home stretch we thought we'd give you our Top 5 'Weirdest Olympic Sports'.

There are a lot of different sporting events at the Beijing games, and some of them are slightly odd.

Well, 'slightly' is a bad word - really, they're borderline as to whether or not they should even be at the games.

So, here's our Top 5 'Weirdest Olympic Sports':

As an artistic display, it's amazing what these girls can do. But let's be honest - it's slightly bizarre, and almost humorous. It's dancing under water, right? And while we're not doubting their skill, we can't get over the fact that, well...it's dancing under water.
Next thing you know, there'll be ballroom dancing, and possibly even break-dancing, at the Olympic games. As far as Olympic sports go, this one is just plain weird.

This is the one where the rider makes the horse walk funny, right? It's kind of like synchronised swimming, but with a horse. And no water.
The horse struts around the field for a few minutes, lifting it's legs in various, slightly awkward looking ways. Kind of like it's walking on hot coals, really.
Like synchronised swimming, it probably takes an awful lot of talent from the rider. But for the spectator, it's like watching a horse walk around a paddock with pins in it's feet.
Is it really a sport? We're not sure - but we are sure it's weird.



When we originally watched a highlights package of handball, it actually looked like a lot of fun. And then we watched an entire game.
Weird? Oh yes. There doesn't seem to be any structure to it - the players run down one end, try to throw the ball into the goal, and then run back down to defend, without even bothering to try and get the ball off the opposition. It's just so (too..?) chaotic.
If anyone can explain the rules of handball to us, please do - but until then, handball's staying in the weird column.


At what point did walking become a sporting event? And then, even more mind-boggling, an Olympic event? And walking the way they do - you know what we mean, right...?
We've never seen anyone walk that way down the street, so why do they call it walking at the Olympics? It's not walking - it's trotting, or something.
Further more, at what point does someone decide they want to be an Olympic walker? 'Mum, look - I discovered I have the most amazing talent today!'
It's quite possibly the most unflattering sport out there - and indeed, one of the weirdest.




We have to put this at number one, purely for the fact that even having a trampoline at the Olympics is weird - let-a-lone people jumping on it as an event...
Trampolining is something that kids do when their parents tell them to go and play outside. Granted, the 'athletes' do some pretty amazing flips (and other things, too, but we're not that familiar with the trampolining lingo) - but it would be better suited to a circus show than the Olympics.
Still, kids the world over can rejoice in the fact that if they fail at rugby or soccer, they can always take up bouncing on a trampoline. You never know - they might even reach the top of the athletics world.

And our Top 5 Weirdest Olympic Sports list, too.