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November 1, 2012

Pulling For One Side

Did you know tug of war used to be an Olympic event?

1904 Olympic Games Tug of War

The ancient sport was an official Olympic event from 1900 until 1920. There's a Tug of War International Federation that still organizes tournaments and it is also a part of the Highland Games.

The sport still has some "pull" in some parts of the world!

2 comments:

sharintexas said...

That would be more interesting than some of the things they have now.

Mike said...

I haven't watched the Olympics in quite a few years. I keep up w/ the medal totals, but that's about it. I do like the pole vault/high jump and some of the other field events, the diving, but that's it f/ the Summer Olympics. I like the ski jump, luge and bob sled events in the Winter games, not much else.