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TDY_AnchorOlyBIG.appHeader = "Anchors' Olympic dreams";
TDY_AnchorOlyBIG.appDeck = "Matt a pole-vaulter? Meredith a gymnast? Meet Team TODAY.";
TDY_AnchorOlyBIG.appFooter = "Reporting by Jen Brown in Beijing";
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Marilee Thoresen from McFarland, Wis., asked the TODAY family: \"If you could compete at the Olympics, what sport/event would you do?\" So we asked them ...";
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Volleyball. I was going to be a professional volleyball player before I stopped growing.";
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I think badminton because it’s in a very small area, and it doesn’t take any really special clothing other than a polo shirt, shorts and sneakers. We’ve all played it at home.
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I would like to compete in kayaking. One, it's like you're there by yourself so it's your skill against the elements. And two ... have you ever seen the upper body on those guys?";
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I think I’d do badminton. It looks the kind of sport you could figure out on your own.
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Table tennis. We’ve got a shadow Olympics going on at the main NBC hotel. I’m currently in the running for the table tennis bronze, but it’s still early in the competition and I’m just getting over my jet lag.
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Gymnastics because I used to be a competitive gymnast.";
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Fencing because \"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.\" [Editor's note: That's a quote from the film \"The Princess Bride.\"]";
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Long jump. I was high school state champion twice in the long jump, and I broke UVA’s school record on my first attempt.";
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Diving because I love the feeling of flying.";
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Either the 100 m, because it's the true glamour event of the Olympics or the pole vault, because it doesn't seem like it should be humanly possible to do that.";
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Gymnastics, for sure. Ever since I was a little girl I've been enthralled by the grace and the beauty of the sport.";
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I tend to favor Winter Olympic sports. I would love to be a figure skater or ski the Super G. As for the Summer Games, would have to say gymnastics, though I can barely do a backbend or cartwheel anymore.";
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TDY_AnchorOlyBIG[i-1].body = "What Olympic sport would YOU play? Share your thoughts here. ";
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