Discontinued olympic sports

[sconniestyle]

i came across this today, and thought some of these were funny.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/07/08/6100216-ap.html

my favorite discontinued olympic sport is

"Duelling pistol (1906): Shooters fired at mannequins wearing frock coats and bull's-eyes on their chests."

 

[Twinjibber77]

Plain high diving (1912-24): Divers were not allowed to do any acrobatic moves; they just dove straight into the water.

. . . . . . . . so hardcore

 

[steve.o]

they have some stupid shit in the olympics, and still no skiing....... weak sauce

 

[GhostfaceKillah]

TUG OF WARRRRR

 

[DJBlum89]

Live pigeon shooting (1900): The birds were released and shooters tried to kill as many as possible.

haha, that would be pretty sweet to watch.

 

[RudyGarmisch]

Solo synchronized swimming (1984-92): Swimmers were awarded points based on routines synchronized to music.

Ahhh, the 80's.

 

[S.b.H]

hahaha solo synchronyzed swimming!! thats amazing'
i also find the "underwater swim contest" so funny. haha this is great.