Paul and Glenn are back for another action-packed, fun episode. With the 2024 Paris Olympics now only days away, we look back on some of the sports that once surprisingly appeared at the Olympics and were given the “flick”. We also look back on the past two Olympic Games held in Paris, the “City of Love”, in 1900 and 1924. Some of what will be discussed include:
- The bizarre 1900 Olympics that featured many unusual events and seemed to go on forever.
- The 1924 Olympics and the 1981 film “Chariots of Fire”, which depicted two British runners in their quest for Olympic Gold.
- Former gymnastic events eg, club swinging.
- Sports we believe that are on the schedule today and should be given the “flick”, eg, synchronised swimming.
- Demonstrations sports at the Olympics eg, Aussie Rules football.
- Standing long jump, rope climbing, rackets and rogue.
- Former shooting events eg, duelling pistol, live pidgeon shooting, running deer shooting.
- Polo, plunge for distance
- A former Olympic event that was held between 1900-1924 which began as a rural pastime in England and Scotland and involves the use of a long, strong rope.
We have our Claps and Slaps for the week. Miss Olivia drops by to conduct the Quiz and the What Am I? segments. We have our Where is it Now? segment and Glenn finishes off the show with another one of his cracking jokes.
Olympic Sports that Got the Flick sources
1. gp-magazine.co.uk ‘the ten weirdest events in olympic games history: from pistol duelling to poodle clipping’, by benjie goodhard, 22/7/2021.
2. The olympics: athens to athens 1896-2004. Produced by the olympic museum, lausanne, 2004, Weidenfeld and nicolson, the orion publishing group, london
3. How stuff works.com ‘10 bizarre olympic events’, by jessica toothman, n.d.
4. britannica.com ‘6 unusual olympic sports’, by amy tikkanen, n.d.
5. Top-end sports.com ‘olympics gymnastics tumbling’, by robert wood, july 2010.
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_portable_apparatus_at_the_Olympics
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonstration_sport
8. https://www.britannica.com/sports/tug-of-war
9. Tug of war.co.uk ‘olympics history’, n.d.
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery_at_the_1900_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Sur_la_Perche_%C3%A0_la_Herse
11. Stadium talk.com ‘weirdest olympic sports of all time’, by tony adams, 9/4/24.
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_climbing
13. Topend sports.com ‘list of discontinued sports and events of the summer olympics’, by robert wood, may 2016.
14. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Rowley
16. Swimmingworld magazine.com ‘men’s 1500m freestyle world record under serious threat this year’, by david rieder, 19/1/24.
17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Charlton
18. Music video by Vangelis- ‘chariots of fire’, 1981.
19. https://olympics.com/en/news/24-things-we-already-know-about-the-olympic-games-paris-2024
20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Summer_Olympics
21. https://www.olympics.com.au/games/paris-1924/
22. https://www.olympics.com.au/games/paris-2024/

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