There's always women's hockey...

But even there they never use skimpy outfits. In fact it's often hard to even be sure of what sex the hockey players are...

They should do Bikini Ice Hockey...

Define "better".  You need much more power, speed and agility when playing hockey while figure skating needs more finesse and control.

Try doing a triple axel.

I've had the past little while off as vacation, and I've been trying to exercise more. Usually, I try and do 100 slow-rep pushups a day, and if I want to do more I might break out the dumbells and do some curls. Find push ups are easy to remember to do, and they are a great core workout. I've been at this for a while, so I can squeeze out sets of 30-40, so I'll usually do 3 of those a day. I started to do the slow-rep pushups when I found that regular speed pushups were becoming to aerobic and less muscular. The slow-reps allow me to really target an clench a specific muscle or group while I do the pushup (abs, chest, bicep, tricep, shoulder, back).

Also, I drink plenty of milk and water before and after pushups/workouts. I find that I am a pretty healthy guy for the most part, so whatever exercise I do is just to stay in shape. Once it gets cooler outside and I'm up earlier (for shool) I will probably start running again. As for progress, I've gained back the weight I lost while working all summer, and most of the weight I gained back is muscle I think, so I'm up from my dangerously low weight into a healthier range than before.

Try doing a triple axel.

Try doing some of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTcu6rEOCws&mode=related&search=

I don't see what your point is.  They're completely different skillsets.  Personally, I don't think a triple axel is "better" than dekeing out half a pro-hockey team and scoring a goal, but it's like comparing apples and hamburgers. It's completely subjective.

Like Shinan said:

It's like the difference between dancing and playing football. They're both done on the ground but that's pretty much where the similarities end.

I'm hoping for Soccer vs Hockey in the final.  With Hockey winning.

AS much as I love to both watch and play Soccer (though I rarely play because there's about 2-3 months a year where that's a possibility, plus so few people play it recreationally around here), Hockey is just the greatest sport in the world.  No other sport combines such a high level of athleticism, grit, physical play, speed, finesse and intensity (though rugby comes close, it's not as fast and lacks finesse). 

That, and in my small city (of about 200,000) there are so many adult leagues, with several divisions in each league, and about 5-10 teams in each division plus tournaments, and an outdoor rink at almost every school throughout the winter, that there's always a game available to play.

So.  Go Hockey.  The Coolest Game on Earth.

Ice Hockey Wins 15-5.

Swimming wins 10-8.

Which sport will run to the next round, and which one will fall?

Baseball bat:

A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal rod used in the game of baseball to hit the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher. It is not more than 2⅔ inches (70 mm) in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches (1067 mm) in length. It typically weighs no more than 36 ounces (1 kg). The batter uses the bat two-handed to try to hit a pitched ball fair so that he may become a runner, advance bases, and ultimately score a run or help preceding runners to score. Lumber is a sometimes-used slang term for a bat, especially when wielded by a particularly good batter.

Bats are sometimes used as a club in fights and assaults.

In professional baseball, only wooden bats are permitted, and they are not allowed to be corked—that is, filled with an alien substance such as cork which reduces the weight without costing greatly in hitting power. In amateur baseball, both wood and metal alloy bats are generally permitted since the lighter metal bats hit the ball at a greater velocity and allow a greater distance to be achieved with less batter strength. Recently there have been increasing numbers of "wooden bat leagues" and the trend back to wood seems to be accelerating on the grounds of safety concerns. Aesthetically, wooden bats are generally agreed to be superior to metal bats, both because of their more traditional appearance and because a ball hit with a wooden bat makes a loud "crack" sound, while metal alloy bats make more of a "ping".

Boxing Glove:

Boxing gloves are gloves fighters wear on their hands to cushion the impact during boxing. They are also used for protection from injury such as fractures and/or contusions. Unlike the classical cestus, boxing gloves protect both athletes, and were adopted as a safety improvement over earlier "bare knuckle" boxing.

Boxing gloves come in different styles and weights, and are often worn over hand wraps, which help stabilize the fist area against injuries such as the eponymous boxer's fracture of the fifth metacarpal. Speed gloves are relatively light vinyl or leather mittens primarily designed to protect the athlete's hands against scrapes and contusions when doing very light "bag work" such as on a stand-mounted speed bag. Bag gloves are cushioned to protect the athlete against the progressively heavier focuses of striking other punching bags and sparring gloves are designed to protect both athletes during practice bouts. Professional fight gloves are also designed to protect both athletes, but are generally less padded than sparring gloves to reduce the protection to the opponent of the wearer.

In competition gloves are laced up and then sealed with tape before the match. The tape is then signed by an official to ensure that it is not tampered with. However training gloves more often use velcro rather then laces so that athletes can put on and remove there gloves easier.

Gloves used in amateur boxing are frequently red or blue, with a white "scoring area" to help judges more easily see and record points.

Which sport will endure onto the next round and which one will be declared out of play?

Running Shorts:

Running shorts are made from materials which will be comfortable worn by an exercising human. They are designed to be lightweight, hard wearing, carry sweat away from the body and not to rub against the skin. Many shorts have an inner lining to act as underwear.

Running shorts generally have a seam cut up the side of each leg to permit easier running movement. The main variation in the type of short is the length of this seam. The names used to describe the different types indicate the length of the leg which is not cut, so for example a 3/4 seam means there is 1/4 cut.

    * 1/2 split seam are the shortest, but unfortunately tend to look a bit awful
    * 3/4 split seam are short but not quite as minimal and form an attractive compromise between running and appearance
    * square leg shorts have no split at all

The disadvantage of the longer legged shorts is that the material extending down the leg is pulled up the leg, by the motion of the stride, upon every stride. If the material is in any way catching or tight, this is an uncomfortable encumberance.

As such the shorter legs are better for running. However, some runners are uncomfortable wearing such short shorts because of the amount of leg they show.

Hot pants made from the right sort of material are also used by some female runners as running shorts, since they, like 1/2 split seam shorts, have no material to encumber leg movement but unlike 1/2 split seams, look fashionable and attractive.

An alternative to conventional polyester based shorts are lycra running shorts, which almost always are mid-thigh in length and because of the material they're made from, are perfectly skin hugging and offer practically no encumberance to running.

Cleat (shoe):

A cleat is a type of shoe designed especially for sports played on grass or dirt, such as soccer. Unlike "spikes" for sports such as track and field and baseball, the shoes generally have large studs on the bottom to assist in gripping the surface, preventing sliding and assisting in rapid changes of direction. The stud itself is often called a cleat.

A metal or plastic piece that attaches to the bottom of a shoe is also called a cleat, especially a cycling shoe that interfaces with a clipless pedal system.

In soccer there are three different cleat types. There are soft ground cleats which are made for wet weather. The softground cleats are always replaceable, and are almost always metal, so when they wear down they are easy to replace. There are firm ground cleats which are made for firm natural surfaces. Also there are hard ground cleats which are made for hard natural surfaces. Adidas has created the soccer cleat called the tunit, it combines all 3 styles of cleats into one, and it has 3 sets of studs so you can change the boot to the weather conditions.

Soccer is like Euro-running. With BALLS.

My vote wasn't exactly for boxing... it was a vote AGAINST baseball. :P

I don't really like either of these sports very much. Baseball (or the derivative of it that we play here), I have some fairly bad memories of in school. I basically sucked at all aspects of it and didn't think it was fun. Boxing I don't like too much either but because of Rocky movies I'll have to vote for that, because in Rocky boxing is pretty awesome

With the athletics world championship going on at the moment. Running seems pretty cool. But I just like football so much more. Running is too... one-sided. Though I would prefer football being called by its proper name.

*Updated first post with all the images of each battle*

With the athletics world championship going on at the moment. Running seems pretty cool. But I just like football so much more. Running is too... one-sided. Though I would prefer football being called by its proper name.

I just wanted to avoid potential confusion - hence the usage of "soccer" instead of football. (Besides, who knew that american football would be out the first round?)

Although there was an absolutely amazing race on today in Osaka (Britain winning Gold and Silver in a single thrilling race), Football is way too high on the list.

Boxing. I'd probably say it was my favourite sport.

Alfonso Gomez, Manny Pacquiao, Joe Calzaghe, Ricky Hatton.

Soccer is like Euro-running. With BALLS.

This is gold.

Soccer is like Euro-running. With BALLS.

Unless you play latin football. We play paused, not like those frantic europeans.