Weirdest Sports You Didn’t Realize Were in the Olympics

Basque Pelota

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If you’ve ever seen jai alai (it featured on the show “Jackass”), it’s an offshoot of basque pelota. A ball is thrown, then caught, off a wall using a curved basket. Like croquet, it was only featured in one Olympic Games. Also like croquet, it appeared in 1900.

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