JFatSmokes@aol.com wrote:
> If I am not mistaken, I seem to remember reading something a long while
> back (about 4 years ago) in Juggle magazine about club swinging in the
> olympics. I think the article said that club swinging was an olympic
> event way back in like the 1940’s or something like that.
> Does anyone else know more about this? I am just kinda interested.
Indian Club Swinging was an Olympic event as part of the gymnastic
competition in 1904 (St. Louis), and 1932 (Los Angeles). Each time the
champion was an American. While it is extremely unlikely to return as an
Olympic event, it is not beyond the realm of possibility. The host
country can add a few events. They are often events the host country
feels confident they will win; they rarely return as events. In the past
these events were usually demonstration events; recently they have been
temporary medal events. Sometimes they are big winners - Triathlon was
added by the Aussies last year, and I think it will be a permanent
event. There are many strange events that have been discontinued: Rope
Climbing (1896, 1904, 1924, 1932), Tug-of-War (1904, 1908, 1912, 1920);
Roque (1904)
Unicycling has it’s best chance ever of being in the Olympics if Beijing
wins it’s bid to be the host city of the 2008 games. Chinese Olympic
officials have informally indicated that they would be interested in
having unicycle racing in the Games. I assume this is based on their
domination of the racing in Unicon X.
All of this is a very long shot, at best. The first hurdle will be this
July when the IOC awards the 2008 Games.
John Hooten
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<p>JFatSmokes@aol.com wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face=“Comic Sans
MS”><font size=-1>If I am not mistaken, I seem to remember reading
something a long while back</font></font> <br><font face=“Comic Sans
MS”><font size=-1>(about 4 years ago) in Juggle magazine about club
swinging in the olympics. I</font></font> <br><font face=“Comic Sans
MS”><font size=-1>think the article said that club swinging was an
olympic event way back in</font></font> <br><font face=“Comic Sans
MS”><font size=-1>like the 1940’s or something like
that.</font></font></blockquote>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font face=“Comic Sans MS”><font size=-1>Does anyone
else know more about this? I am just kinda
interested.</font></font></blockquote> Indian Club Swinging was an Olympic
event as part of the gymnastic competition in 1904 (St. Louis), and 1932
(Los Angeles). Each time the champion was an American. While it is
extremely unlikely to return as an Olympic event, it is not beyond the
realm of possibility. The host country can add a few events. They are
often events the host country feels confident they will win; they rarely
return as events. In the past these events were usually demonstration
events; recently they have been temporary medal events. Sometimes they are
big winners - Triathlon was added by the Aussies last year, and I think it
will be a permanent event. There are many strange events that have been
discontinued: Rope Climbing (1896, 1904, 1924, 1932), Tug-of-War (1904,
1908, 1912, 1920); Roque (1904)
<q>Unicycling has it’s best chance ever of being in the Olympics if
Beijing wins it’s bid to be the host city of the 2008 games. Chinese
Olympic officials have informally indicated that they would be
interested in having unicycle racing in the Games. I assume this is
based on their domination of the racing in Unicon X.
<r>All of this is a very long shot, at best. The first hurdle will be this
July when the IOC awards the 2008 Games.
<s>John Hooten</html