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Olympic Events that Aren't on the Schedule (but Should Be!)

February 25th, 2018, 3:07 pm

Love the skiing, as always, but there is plenty of room for innovation at the Olympics - propose new competitive events here!

This is exciting - Stone Ski Slalom (and these guys are serious - it's not JackAss).
 
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Re: Olympic Events that Aren't on the Schedule (but Should Be!)

February 25th, 2018, 4:36 pm

I'd like to see the ice skaters go down the bobsled track.
 
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Re: Olympic Events that Aren't on the Schedule (but Should Be!)

February 25th, 2018, 5:23 pm

I'd like to see the ice skaters go down the bobsled track.
http://dannystrasser.com/bobskate_talka ... _largewide
 
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Re: Olympic Events that Aren't on the Schedule (but Should Be!)

February 25th, 2018, 5:38 pm

For the summer Games:

Roman Riding
Naturally I love the Dressage, Jumping , and Three Day Eventing, but there is so much money behind them that the self-taught backyard riders and the whole Western crowd are pretty much excluded.  They would excel here, with their amazing horses that did not cost six figures...
 
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Re: Olympic Events that Aren't on the Schedule (but Should Be!)

February 25th, 2018, 6:15 pm

 In February 2013, the International Olympic Committee voted to exclude freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling from the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, but shortlisted it to be considered for reinclusion.
 
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Re: Olympic Events that Aren't on the Schedule (but Should Be!)

February 25th, 2018, 6:48 pm

How about a race up the bobsled course, in bare feet?
I'd like to see the ice skaters go down the bobsled track.
 
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Re: Olympic Events that Aren't on the Schedule (but Should Be!)

February 25th, 2018, 7:20 pm

How about a race up the bobsled course, in bare feet?
I'd like to see the ice skaters go down the bobsled track.
An uphill event? Good idea.