Bring them back

[wellinghall]

Ex-Olympic sports:
Cricket 1900
Croquet 1900
Pigeon shooting 1900
Underwater swimming 1900
Swimming obstacle race 1900
Equestrian high & long jumps 1900
Golf 1904
Underwater long dive 1904
Standing triple jump 1904
Motorboating 1908
Real Tennis 1908
Lacrosse 1908
Standing high jump 1912
Two-handed shot put 1912
Tug of war 1920
Rugby Union 1924
Cross-country running 1924
Rope climbing 1932
Polo 1936
Callisthenics 1952
Roller hockey 1992

Comments

[helflaed.livejournal.com]

Swimming obstacle race- sounds intriguing

[annephoenix.livejournal.com]

Nooo, not the equestrian high jump - it just makes people push horses that shouldn't be pushed :). We lost too many horses during the last Olympics - it's too high profile so people have to show off. That said, the Olympia power jumping hit 7.3ft this year - much impressive.

/completely random horse-related comment.

[sam1987.livejournal.com]

Swimming obstacle race? Curious....and what on earth is callisthenics??!

[the-marquis.livejournal.com]

Isn't "callisthenics" the posh, or even American, way of saying keep fit excercises or PE.

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

No! Keep them out! Except, maybe, tug-of-war, another sport for fat people.

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I reckon at least half those on the list would be okay for fat people. And the "standing" events are rather good for people useless at running. Like me.

:)

[osymandias.livejournal.com]

Not in favour of the pigeon shooting...

[asklepia.livejournal.com]

We definitely need to re-introduce the Tug-of-War. Why can't fat big-boned people be part of the team?

[didiusjulianus.livejournal.com]

I'm not 'big-boned'. I could be the other though.

"Fat is a feminist issue". Or something. (Never quite "got" that somehow).

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I say bring back the original Olympic sports (except for the bare-knuckle all-in boxing - I don't like blood!)