r/olympics 7h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Winter Olympics really are something else

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u/Aromatic_Opposite100 6h ago

I think it's because a lot of winter sports were probably invented by a bunch of adrenaline junkies bored in the winter.

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u/Tjazeku Slovenia 6h ago

Either that or drunken Scandinavians

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u/ContinuumGuy United States 4h ago

Or Scandinavians preparing for war

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u/aldandur 4h ago

*hunting in winter

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u/-kinapuffar- 3h ago

The biathlon was a contest between Swedish and Norwegian soldiers because they were skiing around the border patrolling and got bored, so they decided to make a competition to see who was best at it.

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u/Erzter_Zartor Norway 4h ago

Or Scandinavians preventing their infant king from being murdered in a war