6 Bizarre Sports Branches in the Olympics
Actually, there are 6 bizarre sports branches in the Olympics. The Olympics is a four-year international sporting event which combines the summer and winter sports and followed by thousands of athletes who are competing in various sports branches. Olympics is the biggest sports competition that connects many major countries in the world. Talking about Olympics, there are some branches of the sport that are very strange to compete.
Kabaddi
In 1936, the sport was once included in the Olympic event. Kabaddi is the most popular sport in India that is often played especially among the village community. Kabaddi was regarded as a contact sport to train the fighting skills at that time. Kabaddi also includes the same sport with different names in each region in India such as in Bangladesh they call it "Hadudu", in the Maldives they called it "Baibalaa".
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| Kabaddi |
Tug of War
It is a sport that often played at some event and even in Indonesia, this sport is a regular exercise during the Independence Day. Tug of war was ever in the Olympic class competition from 1900-1920.
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| Tug of war |
Shooting Pigeons
This sports branch only once entered the Olympic competition held in 1900. In the game, hundreds of birds were flown and then fired on by the participants Thus was making the scene full of blood on the location of the event was held.
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| Shooting Pigeons |
Dueling Pistol
This sports branch had entered the Olympic arena in 1908 at the London Olympics. The participants who played were required to protect their gun weapons with a thick lock and protect their faces with glass plates.
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| Dueling Pistol |
Artworks
This sports branch really happened from 1912 to 1948. The International Olympics Committee (IOC) held the art competitions where artists, writers, designers, musicians, and other arts workers could submit their work to be assessed. The best work would obviously be awarded a medal.
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Long jump Horse
As we knew, long jump is usually done by a human. Interestingly in 1990, it was held an Olympic Games and France as the host. There was a branch of a long jump sport that done by a horse in the race. At that time, the horse's longest jump record reached approximately 20 feet or only 9 feet shorter with a record ever achieved by humans.
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| Long jump Horse |