Good
morning Phoenix! How about a Tuesday Top 10? In honor of the
Olympics, here’s a list of 10 bizarre Olympics sports that actually
existed!
• Tug of War: From Paris in 1900 through Antwerp in 1920. Teams of 8 had 5 minutes to pull their opponents 6 feet over the line.
• Solo Synchronized Swimming: What were they thinking? Who were they synchronizing with? Dancing with an imaginary partner while swimming? Only an event from 1984 through 1992.
• Plunge for Distance: USA remains the remaining champion after the 1904 games in St. Louis MO. That’s because the event was never repeated. The champion managed to glide under the surface for an astonishing 62 feet 6 inches after diving into the water.
• Hot Air Balloon Racing: 1900 Olympics in Paris. Were the French smoking something back then?
• Roller Hockey: Yeah, you read that right. It debuted at the 1992 Barcelona games. It follows the rules of ice hockey, but with roller skates. Argentina took the gold.
• Swimming Obstacle Course: 1900 Paris Games. The obstacles the swimmers had to swim over and around were as bizarre as this event itself. Swimmers crawled over boats, swam under them, and climbed a pole, all while swimming 200 meters. What the hell were they thinking?
• Pistol Dueling: 1906 Athens Games. Participants fired away at plaster dummies.
• Rope Climbing: Part of the Gymnastics competition between 1896 and 1932. In the 1904 games, it was won spectacularly by an American – who competed with one wooden leg.
• Horse Long Jump: Paris Games of 1900 – epic fail and was not repeated.
• Live Pigeon Shooting: Yep. Live Pigeons. An animal rights activist’s worst nightmare. Almost 300 pigeons were killed during the only appearance of this event in the Paris Games of 1900. (Do you see a pattern here? Paris? 1900? Told you they were smoking something….) A Belgian took the title by gunning down 21 birds. He was unable to repeat his win in future games as it was replaced by clay targets.
Have a fangtastic day! <3 Brock V"""V
• Tug of War: From Paris in 1900 through Antwerp in 1920. Teams of 8 had 5 minutes to pull their opponents 6 feet over the line.
• Solo Synchronized Swimming: What were they thinking? Who were they synchronizing with? Dancing with an imaginary partner while swimming? Only an event from 1984 through 1992.
• Plunge for Distance: USA remains the remaining champion after the 1904 games in St. Louis MO. That’s because the event was never repeated. The champion managed to glide under the surface for an astonishing 62 feet 6 inches after diving into the water.
• Hot Air Balloon Racing: 1900 Olympics in Paris. Were the French smoking something back then?
• Roller Hockey: Yeah, you read that right. It debuted at the 1992 Barcelona games. It follows the rules of ice hockey, but with roller skates. Argentina took the gold.
• Swimming Obstacle Course: 1900 Paris Games. The obstacles the swimmers had to swim over and around were as bizarre as this event itself. Swimmers crawled over boats, swam under them, and climbed a pole, all while swimming 200 meters. What the hell were they thinking?
• Pistol Dueling: 1906 Athens Games. Participants fired away at plaster dummies.
• Rope Climbing: Part of the Gymnastics competition between 1896 and 1932. In the 1904 games, it was won spectacularly by an American – who competed with one wooden leg.
• Horse Long Jump: Paris Games of 1900 – epic fail and was not repeated.
• Live Pigeon Shooting: Yep. Live Pigeons. An animal rights activist’s worst nightmare. Almost 300 pigeons were killed during the only appearance of this event in the Paris Games of 1900. (Do you see a pattern here? Paris? 1900? Told you they were smoking something….) A Belgian took the title by gunning down 21 birds. He was unable to repeat his win in future games as it was replaced by clay targets.
Have a fangtastic day! <3 Brock V"""V
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