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in Bass classics. Had fishing been part of Olympic competition over the last 50 years, both of these sportsmen would be held in the same sporting esteem as the likes of Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps. So there is no shortage of anglers who have achieved the same years of training, knowledge, experience and skill levels in their sport as those competitors in other Olympic Sports. To those critics who say fishing is not really a great a spectator sport I say “watch synchronized swimming for an hour and then watch an angler fight a massive sailfish for an hour and tell me what creates the biggest adrenalin rush. There is no shortage of anglers who have achieved the same years of training, knowledge, experience and skill levels in their sport as those competitors in other Olympic Sports. If Rhythmic gymnastics, synchronized swimming and what? race walking? can become Olympic Sport, then fishing should certainly be part of the Olympic Games. 82