I was only ever interested in the Biathlon and sometimes skating. The Biathlon because it combined shooting and skiing, which
was is sort of like an actual hunter-gatherer activity.
But I wonder how good a cheek weld you can get with a mask on. Is it like shooting with a beard? Does it fog up your shooting glasses?
Skating...? Just wished I could do it like they did. To me it was mostly when the creek froze over and the ice was pretty rough. I got skates for Wife1 and the oldest boy but they weren't as interested in it as I was.
I also remember the Olympics mainly as an Eastern bloc versus a Western bloc kind of chest-bumping, and later on, the testing of some of the women to check their genders.
To me, most of the contests involved rather artificial made-up tests of skills, like the hurdles... and sort of just as dumb as the Sottish caber toss.
Oops! I'll bet I triggered all the caber toss and hurdle apologists.
Holy crap, look out, prey animal or deadly enemy, I'm about to throw a huge hunka wood at your sorry ass !
https://youtu.be/xb0FU8rSisU:)
Terry, 230RN