The Olympics: Some sports I wish had been / were still included – Part 2

Water Motorsports – 1908

This event had two outings. It was first demonstrated at the 1900 Olympics in Paris – a city famed for its port (!), this was an official event in the 1908 London Olympics. I’ll leave you with the Wikipedia version of events:

All three events used the same distance, five laps around an 8 nautical mile course for a total of 40 nautical miles (70 km). In each of the events, multiple boats started but only one finished, due primarily to the gale that was blowing during the course of the competition.

I couldn’t make this up.