Sure, Olympic staples like swimming, diving and gymnastics are all well and good at testing athletic ability and providing entertaining international competition.
But shouldn’t athletes that play sports such as croquet and live pigeon shooting their deserve shot at Olympic glory?
Don’t you want to see the world’s greatest ski ballerinas pitted against each other on the world’s biggest stage? (The only correct answer here is “yes.”) Certainly, the world could use a good skijoring competition every four years.
Check out more forgotten sports below. USA! USA!
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