Olympic Questions

We're at the midway point in the Olympics, and right now I'd like to throw out some questions about the Games:

Why do they have equestrian sports and water polo, but no equestrian polo?

If table tennis and bowling are both hand-and-eye-coordination sports, why is table tennis an Olympic event while bowling isn't? And if bowling isn't an Olympic event, why have there been bowling alleys in Olympic villages?

If many tennis players dismiss Olympic tennis as an irrelevant side show, why should I, as an American, care whether the Williams sisters win medals or not?

I know the Olympics are being held in Greece, but do the medal winners have to wear those stupid olive branch crowns? (By the way, they don't look real to me; they look like plastic!)

Regarding Agata Wrobel, the Polish female weightlifter . . . Flourescent pink cornrows? What the hell was she thinking? :-D