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Strange Olympic Sports
« on: July 30, 2012, 01:19:12 AM »
Inspried by this article:

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/24/sport/olympic-strangest-events/index.html?iref=obnetwork

I think handball should be added.  WTF is handball.

Shooting too.  To me "sports" are physcially demanding and require a lot physical conditioning, and "ima hold this here gun up and shoot at that thing there" doesn't fit into my definition.

What other olympic sports do you think are strange?
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Re: Strange Olympic Sports
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2012, 08:07:34 AM »
badminton

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Re: Strange Olympic Sports
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2012, 08:12:52 AM »
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_polo

Also if you've listened to NPR at all in the last week you'd hear that poetry and literature were Olympic "sports" at the beginning of the games.  Poetry stuck around until the 40s

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Re: Strange Olympic Sports
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012, 09:28:41 AM »
Poetry really? That is wacky. Though cool in a way, to have some based on intelligence.
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Re: Strange Olympic Sports
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2012, 02:18:20 PM »
Handball is awesome.

The synchronized swimming is the worst. Synchronized diving is better but still pretty strange. Rhythmic gymnastics is also weird. I want athletic competition, not artistic competition.

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Re: Strange Olympic Sports
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2012, 02:34:24 PM »
Handball is boring to watch but fun to play
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Re: Strange Olympic Sports
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2012, 03:26:45 PM »
I want to see the modern pentathlon
the contest comprises épée fencing, pistol shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping on horseback, and a cross country run.