I, for one, am shocked to see swimming on the top of this list. I guess Michael Phelps made that big of an impact on people. Now its Katie Ledecky's turn to dominate the world in the water.
Also, how about basketball coming up AFTER diving and beach volleyball...insane.
Check this out below from Today.com
Among those Americans who are interested in this year’s Olympics,swimming tops the list of favorite Olympic sports, at 43%. A similar figure(39%) say artistic gymnastics is one of their favorite events,while36% say it’s diving.Roughly one in five Olympics fans say beach volleyball (20%),basketball (19%),andrhythmic gymnastics (19%)are among their favorite summer Olympic events.
Female Olympic fans (58%) are almost three times as likely as men (20%) to say artistic gymnastics is one of their favorite summer Olympic sports. Women are also more likely than men to choose diving (43% vs 29%) and rhythmic gymnastics (29% vs 9%) as their favorite sports.
Men are about three times as likely as women to say boxing is one of their favorite sports (22% vs 7%). They’re also more likely than women to say basketball (24% vs 14%) and beach volleyball (24% vs 17%) are among their favorite summer Olympic events.