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Originally Posted by jyl
In general, the sports that do not involve judging are speed contests (races), ball and projectile sports (goal scoring, target hitting), combat sports (but that is dependent on rules + technology - compare wrestling, fencing and UFC to Olympic boxing), and strength sports (weightlifting).
There is a movement to get cross (bike) racing into the Winter Olympics. I don't necessarily agree with it, but this would add a non-judging sport.
The judging dependent sports like figure skating and snowboard halfpipe are very popular in terms of participation, audiences, and TV draw. Far more than some of the non-judging sports like biathlon. So they aren't going anywhere.
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I have no fundamental objection to "subjective" sports but I do object to creating a "team" version when there is no team work involved.
Again, I refer to Gymnastics is a good example. The events are clearly individual but you can create a team version by requiring the participants to perform many of the components and score the team on the best efforts of the team members.
Team skating does not appear to have any of these features.