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kateoplis: 6 Lost Olympic Sports: Live Pigeon Shooting The rules of the game were straightforward: Shoot down as many birds as possible in the allotted time, with two misses resulting in elimination. The event—in which Australia’s Donald MacIntosh [above at the 1900 Paris games] took the bronze—was predictably messy, which may have contributed to pigeon shooting’s brief Olympic life span.

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6 Lost Olympic Sports: Live Pigeon Shooting

The rules of the game were straightforward: Shoot down as many birds as possible in the allotted time, with two misses resulting in elimination. The event—in which Australia’s Donald MacIntosh [above at the 1900 Paris games] took the bronze—was predictably messy, which may have contributed to pigeon shooting’s brief Olympic life span.

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    Makes me proud to be Australian.
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    The best… solo synchronized swimming
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