Weirdest Sports You Didn’t Realize Were in the Olympics

Jeu de Paume

National Geographic

Jeu de paume is tennis’s ancestor. “Paume” is French for “palm”, because the game was originally played without rackets, with hands. By the time it was in the 1908 Olympics, it was being played with rackets. It was another sport that only lasted for one Olympics.

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