Hello: From Goodreads, here are two reviews for the book Sports the Olympics Forgot “I received an abridged copy of this book from Netgalley in return for an honest opinion. There are some very strange sports featured in this book, most of which I’d certainly never heard of, how the author discovered most of theseContinue reading “Sports the Olympics Forgot”
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Ski Yachting – Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ============== The windiest place in the world is on the continent of Antarctica. Commonwealth Bay is about 48 km (30 mi) wide at the entrance between Point Alden and Cape Gray and wasContinue reading “Ski Yachting – Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica”
Mad Paddling – 6
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. =========== The final event of the regatta is the Blue Riband event – the two mile individual kayak race using a table tennis bat. Jim Erikson has won this race 4Continue reading “Mad Paddling – 6”
Mad Paddling – 5
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. =========== Today there are over 80 different events for teams and individuals to enter and these races take place over 10 days in the summer. Some events such as baseball kayaking,Continue reading “Mad Paddling – 5”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 4
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ======== The smash return contest is also played with the same gutter around the singles court. The national coach of the Indonesian team smashes the shuttle at each contestant twenty timesContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 4”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 3
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ======== In the smashing event the contestant has to smash twenty shuttlecocks from mid-court back over the net in one minute. A small two-inch wide gutter is laid around the edge ofContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 3”
Mad Paddling – 2
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ============== The event started when a cricket team set off on a paddling holiday in the Whit Sunday islands and brought along their cricket bats for a few games of beachContinue reading “Mad Paddling – 2”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 2
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ======= In the serving tests a glass two inches in diameter and six inches high is placed at each of the four corners of the receiving court. The server has fourContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 2”
World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 1
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ==== The sport of badminton is incredibly popular in Indonesia with tens of thousands of participants in contests and competitions each year. Teams from Indonesia have won many international events suchContinue reading “World Shuttlecock Accuracy Championships – 1”
Igloo Building and Hay Bale Festival – Lviv, Ukraine – 3
Excerpt from the book Sports the Olympics Forgot This book describes 40 sports that ought to be played but aren’t, because I made them up. ======= In 1922 a new team event called the Igloo Hay Bale Throw was introduced. Teams from twelve European countries, the USA, Canada, and Australia had to construct an igloo toContinue reading “Igloo Building and Hay Bale Festival – Lviv, Ukraine – 3”
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