the Olympics haven't been the same since they dropped cricket. There was only the once, 1900 in Paris, 12 a side, and only one match, in which England beat France. The French team were England expats. The England team were the Devon and Somerset Wanderers, who were on a short French tour.
Why dont they do knitting withvarious events ..?
You could have a single row ..
A double row ..
The quad row ..
.. and a marathon doing a whole wooly jumper !