UK Men want paintballing and skateboarding added to Commonwealth Games

SOUTH EAST, U.K. - July 23, 2014 - PRLog -- A nationwide ‘Summer of Sport’* survey commissioned by High and Mighty, the UK’s No1 big and tall menswear retailer has revealed that the UK’s men would most like Skateboarding to become a new Commonwealth Games sport followed by Surfing, Golf and Paintballing.

Additional results also found:

·       The most watched sport this Commonwealth Games is set to be athletics with 47.1% of respondents aiming to tune in to watch coverage over the games period.

·       When it comes to the attractiveness of female competitors, men chose athletes as their preferred physique, with 29.7% agreeing. Other top choices were:

Gymnastics 19.6%

Netball 15.9%

Cycling 8.7%

·       Despite men finding netballers attractive, less than 1% of them will be tuning in to watch it.

·       Top men’s choices for Commonwealth Games sports to watch are:

Athletics – 44.2%

Boxing – 11.6%

Cycling – 8.7%

Gymnastics - 6.5%

·       Women also favoured athletics as the number one sport to be tuning into, followed by gymnastics and swimming.

·       Lawn bowls was the top sport to be avoided and cycling was the only sport that missed the bypass list.

·       Over 60% of respondents admitted that they would take-up sport to hone their physique. Athletics is the number one Commonwealth sport of choice to get into for both men and women.

·       The sports that men would most like introduced into the Commonwealth Games include:

Skateboarding

Surfing

Golf

Paintball

·       Women would like to see the following introduced:

Dodgeball

Quidditch

Surfing

·       The sport that men think makes other men look sexiest is swimming. Other top choices for bro-mance include:

Athletics – 17.4%

Football – 16.7%

·       Women agree that men look sexiest when they are swimming, followed by athletics and rugby 7’s

·       Women believe that England will win the Commonwealth medal tally, followed by Australia. Men believe that Australia will top the medal charts, followed by England.

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