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The process to get it there is crazy complicated, check it out…
-theKerp
Duelling pistol (1906): Shooters fired at mannequins wearing frock coats and bull’s-eyes on their chests.
Standing triple jump (1900-1904): Also known as the hop, step and jump; started from a stationary position.
Standing high jump (1900-1912): Same as the traditional high jump, only without a run-up.
I’ve been thinking since last night’s All-Star game about exactly when it was I stopped caring about baseball.
Until I’ve got an answer, just a little bit of why I know I used to care….
theKerp
Ever year, although I’m not sure what it is this year, the International Olympic Comittee will allow a exhibition event at the games. Sometimes they stick around, sometimes they don’t. In 1996 it was mountain biking. That didn’t take. In 1998 it was snowboarding. That did. There have been others, and in honor of the upcoming Olympic Games we will be providing you with a weekly dose of some of the more absurd. These were all real events and are listed with the years held. Enjoy!
Note: While I don’t know that Dwarf Tossing was ever and Olympic event, I know there’s a rule against it on the NFL books.
Without further ado..
Rope climb (1896, 1904, 1924, 1932): Using only their hands, competitors try to see how fast they can get to the top of the rope.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport just ruled that my old friend Oscar Pistorius’s prosthetic legs are legal, and he will be allowed to compete at the Olympics.
Click here if you want to see where this started for me.
So, I’ll be “accidentally” losing my feet in a motorcycle accident later this week and replacing them with bouyant 10 inch flippers. Olympic Trials for swimming isn’t until July.
This is f*cking ridiculous. I’m livid. There are NO MUSCLES THERE!!! There is no possible way that if he’s going fast enough to compete at the Olympics he’s not doing it with less effort there than everyone else!!
Am I taking crazy pills!?
theKerp
In a stunning move late Wednesday the 23rd of April the International Olympic Committee recommended a new and revolutionary steroid testing procedure. Instructional video available below…
Naturally the first thing that springs to mind is steroids, a needle in the arm. Scary really. This makes it an easy one to condemn. Between needles, and esoteric babble about chemicals and hormones, it’s easy to scare the crap out of the general public. And in this case, with good cause. But “performance enhancing” doesn’t quite stop there. A few months ago now there was a post on this very blog concerning the prosthetic legs of Oscar Pistorius, a sprinter from South Africa. At the time I felt the need to comment on that blog. But with a new issue regarding Speedo’s new racing suit it’s come to the front of my mind again lately. Where is the ‘performance enhancing’ line? Maybe on the other side of the ‘mine shaft gap?’
Admittedly I’m not a huge NBA fan…and this has nothing to do with cheating…but wow.
Get there quickly. Who knows how long they’ll be up.
Good find With Leather
~The Kerp
