There used to be some very strange 'sports' in the Olympics,including,
Naked Rat Catching
Pigeon Shooting on Stilts*
Women's Pig Slaughtering
The 100 metres dash while holding ones Breath
Backwards running Mile
Blindfold Pole Vault
And of course the infamous 'Slave' Whipping ( it was called something else,a word I don't think I can allude to even in asterisks!)
* I believe we are still Olympic champions at this