Weirdest Sports You Didn’t Realize Were in the Olympics

Rackets

My London

Jeu de paume isn’t the only discontinued racket game. Rackets was played at the 1908 Olympic games. It’s similar to squash. The 1908 Olympic games were played in London, and all seven competitors were British. It’s not surprising it didn’t continue elsewhere, with only one country competing. Once Britain wasn’t the host, no other host put it on.

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