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Discontinued olympic sports

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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."

Jul 9 2008 3:04PM

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

Jul 9 2008 3:11PM

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

Jul 9 2008 3:12PM

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TUG OF WARRRRR

Jul 9 2008 3:16PM

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Wannabe

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.

Jul 9 2008 3:18PM

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

Ahhh, the 80's.

Jul 9 2008 3:42PM

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

Jul 9 2008 6:35PM

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