Sunday, February 14, 2010

A-rons Winter Olympic Factoid #1

Did you know that "Skijoring" was a demonstration sport in the 1928 Olympics in St. Moritz? The sport consists of a person being pulled on skis by a horse or dog. Wiki post on Skijoring

It never became an official Olympic event because organizers couldn't decide whether to give the medal to the animal or the human.

Also, I watched speed skating for the first time since the last winter Olympics...those guys' legs are huge!

2 comments:

  1. Believe it or not I have actually done this. Very fun being pulled by an over enthusiastic black lab!!

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  2. Bring back equestrian skijoring - that looks AWESOME!

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