The Olympics: Some sports I wish had been / were still included – Part 3

Ballooning: Demonstrated 1900

I’d love to see this still going today. Imagine the commentary. Imagine the amount of air-time needed to show the event. And then think about the poor chap who’d have to pixelate all of the advertising logos and phrases on each and every balloon.

This was introduced at the 1900 Paris Olympics, which also saw the only involvment of Golf. What a fast-paced affair that year must have been…