Esteban Zamora Villamizar 9E strangest Olympic sports. Â 2017
The Olympics games was inspired by the ancient olympic games, which were held in olyumpia, grecia, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic committe (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the olympic movement, with the olympic chapter defining its structure and authority. The Olympic games contain a big variety of games some of them are very knowed very much like tennis or soccer but here we are going to tell you about some games very extrangers that some f you don’t know
1) Roped in The bane of physical education classes everywhere, the rope climb was actually an official event in the earliest modern Olympics–Athens, 1896. While competitors were originally judged on both speed and style, Olympian rope climbers competing in the 20th century merely had to race to the top. Arguably the most impressive win in the history of the event – which was taken off the program after the Los Angeles Olympics of 1932 – took place in St. Louis 1904, when U.S. gymnast George Eyser won gold despitehaving a wooden leg.
2) Hands solo it sound like an oxymoron, But solo synchronized swimming was made an olympic sport 1984– and dicontinued in 1992.
3) Tug of war •
Tug of war was one of the events at 1908 London Olympic. A lot of mans where taking a tug and pushing back to defeat the another time in this game wins the more stronger group
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