The London 2012 Olympics are a very exciting time.

From the track to the pool, athletes right around the world are enthralling us and our television screens with their incredible performances—leaving us wanting more and more as the Games progress.

And then there's those events that result in a channel flick.

Some events—such as race walking—are completely uninspiring, boring, irrelevant and should be scrapped from any upcoming Olympics.

Read on to see which other events and disciplines should get the chop.

Synchronized Swimming

Kicking off our list is synchronized swimming—one that all husbands and boyfriends are likely to agree with.

It's not that creating a dance on water with your friends in perfect unison doesn't require talent and take some skill, it's simply just boring.

Basically, if synchronized swimming gets your blood pumping and excited about the Olympics, then you really need to get out more.

3000-Meter Steeplechase

What I'm suggesting here is not that we get rid of the steeplechase, but rather that we modify it. 

If runners really want to jump over things and through water, then take them to the mountain biking course and tell them to go nuts.

It would be like old fashioned high school cross country and a much better option than watching guys faceplant into the water, as funny as that is.

Triple Jump

I can understand the importance of jumping over something and clearing it by as much as possible—that would be long jump, and I can understand it's practicality.

What I cannot understand is the need to do a hop and a skip before you try and jump over something. 

You look ridiculous, and you actually don't jump very far at all.

Get rid of it.

Cycling: Points Race

If you don't know what the points race in the cycling is, then you're one of the lucky ones. Don't bother researching it, because you'll only end up confused.

Essentially, a whole bunch of riders ride around in circles for 150 or so laps with points given throughout the race every couple of laps or so.

After 20 laps, it's just chaos. The guy in front is actually coming in last, the guy in the middle is coming first and everyone watching really has no idea what's going on.

It's just a confusing version of the Tour de France and an event that we can definitely get rid of.

The Pommel Horse

You look stupid.

You can't do any cool tricks.

You are simply asking to injure yourself and throw away your chances of becoming a father.

That would be the pommel horse.

Race Walking

Ahhh, everybody's favorite, the walk—because there's nothing greater than walking really fast instead of running slow and still going the same pace.

If you want to go fast, run. If you don't, then walk.

Walking is not a fast sport, it's a slow sport, and by trying to turn a slow sport into a fast sport, you look like you're about to put one of your hips out.

Seriously. Just run already.

What events do you think we need to get rid of?

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