Weirdest Sports You Didn’t Realize Were in the Olympics

Standing Long Jump

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The name really says it all. Unlike long jump, in standing long jump, the competitors don’t get a running start. Standing long jump showed up in multiple games, but was stopped in 1912. Pictured above is Benjamin Adams, the US competitor, who won bronze.

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