Amy Brennan (Cuba) submitted a new Olympic Sport, Competitive Research and as a bonus after the following email she has been named the Gold medal champion of the sport!
Here is what she sent: (We took the liberty of adding a few pictures)
"I was curious if I had seen all of the Olympic sports this year, so I was looking up the full line-up of
events. I’m also still irked that the IOC dropped baseball and softball from the Summer Games, and
wanted to see what other sports have been dropped from the Olympics, so I turned to my friend
Google.
Here’s what I found:
Current sports:
Archery; Athletics; Badminton; Basketball; Boxing; Canoeing and kayaking; Cycling; Diving; Equestrian;
Fencing; Football (soccer); Gymnastics; Handball; Field hockey; Judo; Modern pentathlon; Rowing;
Sailing; Shooting; Swimming; Table tennis; Taekwondo; Tennis; Triathlon; Volleyball; Weightlifting;
Wrestling. I think I’ve seen at least one event in all of these except Taekwondo, modern pentathlon and
table tennis.
Interesting fact: The only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program
are athletics, swimming, fencing, and artistic gymnastics.
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Past sports:
Baseball – from 1992 – 2008
Basque Pelota – 1900 only
Cricket – 1900 only
Croquet – 1900 only
Golf – 1900, 1904 and returning in 2016
Jeu de paume – 1908 only
Lacrosse – 1904 & 1908
Polo – 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924, 1936
Rackets – 1908 only
Roque – 1904 only
Rugby union – 1900, 1908, 1920, 1924
Softball – from 1996 – 2008
TUG OF WAR – from 1900 – 1920
Water motorsports – 1908 only
I don’t even know what half of these are, but I do love that tug of war used to be an Olympic event.
Coming to the 2016 Summer Games:
Golf & Rugby Sevens
Sports that could be Olympic events if they wanted to:
To become an Olympic sports event, the governing body of that sport must first be recognized by the
IOC. These sports whose federations are recognized may then apply for inclusion in the program of
future Games. For example, the governing bodies of baseball and softball are applying to once again
become Olympic sports in a future year.
The governing bodies of the following sports, though not currently contested in the Olympic Games,
are recognized by the IOC:
Bandy;
Baseball; Billiard sports; Boules;
Bowling; Bridge; Chess; Cricket; Dance sport; Floorball;
Karate; Korfball;
Lifesaving;
(This is the current Australian Lifesaving Champion - specializing in surf.)
Mountaineering and Climbing; Netball;
Orienteering;
Pelota Vasca;
Polo; Racquetball; Roller sports; Softball; Sport climbing; Squash; Sumo; Surfing; Tug of war; Underwater sports;
and finally Wushu.
Again, I don’t know what many of these are, but I would be most interested in seeing surfing become
an Olympic event."
Thanks Amy for Contributing all of these awesome facts, rules and regulations about the Olympics. Maybe one of us will be the first to medal in one of the more unusual sports. So bonus points wise - 15 pts for Gold and 10 points for all of this research. In total - 25 Bonus points to Cuba!
And 25 Bonus points to Spain (Dakota Decker) since this is Underdog day.
And as Always,
May the Odds be ever in your Favor!
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