It is fascinating the number and variety of sports that have at one time been part of the Olympic Games. Since the first modern Games in 1896, 12 sports have disappeared completely from the Olympic schedule.
These are:
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Jeu de Paume - like squash but using your hands instead of a racquet
pelota - another kind of handball-type game
rackets - early form of racquetball
Added to this is a large number of discontinued events from sports that are still on the program, such as the swimming events of plunge for distance and underwater swimming, the track and field events of the standing highjump and tug-of-war, and the shooting events of pigeon shooting and duelling pistol. You can have a look at the complete list of all discontinued sports, or my list
of some the more unusual sports.
2 comments:
Lacrosse is Canada's national sport! How dare they!
I admit, when I read Motor Boating I thought of something else.
Having watched the Trampoline competition, I have only this to say: You are insane. Trampoline was CRAZY fun to watch.
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