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So my TV provider recently added the "Olympic Channel", which shows Olympic sports and highlights all day. I have no idea if this channel is brand new or not.
One program it is showing is highlights from World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland. Some of the games contested are familiar to Olympics enthusiasts. But some are variations I haven't seen before.
Beach Handball - like Team Handball, but on sand on a smaller court with fewer players. Women's Beach Handball uniforms are similar to women's beach volleyball uniforms.
Floorball - like Cosom Hockey, but played with a ball instead of a puck
There was also a Jiu-Jitsu competition. Both a standard tournament like you would see in martial arts fighting competition. But there was also something called "Duo System" that best I could tell was a choreographed match between two people competing as a team that was judged like gymnastics or ballroom dancing.
Most badass event I saw was Muy Thai. Of all the athletes in the show, IMO these athletes were the ones I would most want accompanying me down a dark alley at night.
Oh yeah, there was a ballroom dance event, too.
Of the hour coverage I monitored, the event that gave me the most pause was team Tug Of War. Men's and Women's. Outdoor and indoor. With weight classes and coaches. For some reason this felt like less of a sport to me than 9-ball, which was a medal event.
Most unusual event was probably Canoe Polo. Think water polo, but instead of swimming everyone is in kayaks. No goalie. The goal was raised up several feet above the water, and was about the size of a basketball backboard. I played Intramural Inner Tube Water Polo in college so I'm into it. Was just weird to see this contested at the international level.
Anyone else have any idea this was on? Or that the Olympic Channel exists?
One program it is showing is highlights from World Games 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland. Some of the games contested are familiar to Olympics enthusiasts. But some are variations I haven't seen before.
Beach Handball - like Team Handball, but on sand on a smaller court with fewer players. Women's Beach Handball uniforms are similar to women's beach volleyball uniforms.
Floorball - like Cosom Hockey, but played with a ball instead of a puck
There was also a Jiu-Jitsu competition. Both a standard tournament like you would see in martial arts fighting competition. But there was also something called "Duo System" that best I could tell was a choreographed match between two people competing as a team that was judged like gymnastics or ballroom dancing.
Most badass event I saw was Muy Thai. Of all the athletes in the show, IMO these athletes were the ones I would most want accompanying me down a dark alley at night.
Oh yeah, there was a ballroom dance event, too.
Of the hour coverage I monitored, the event that gave me the most pause was team Tug Of War. Men's and Women's. Outdoor and indoor. With weight classes and coaches. For some reason this felt like less of a sport to me than 9-ball, which was a medal event.
Most unusual event was probably Canoe Polo. Think water polo, but instead of swimming everyone is in kayaks. No goalie. The goal was raised up several feet above the water, and was about the size of a basketball backboard. I played Intramural Inner Tube Water Polo in college so I'm into it. Was just weird to see this contested at the international level.
Anyone else have any idea this was on? Or that the Olympic Channel exists?
