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Сочи 2014 (Winter Olympics Thread)
ev4n:
One of the inventors of Ringette was from my hometown. It's definitely played over here, but I suspect it's on the decline as girls switch from Ringette to hockey.
Floorball sounds a lot like floor hockey, which is played a lot over here, recreationally.
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: jwhouk on 24 Feb 2014, 07:09 ---The Russian Federation had applied to have Bandy included for these games, but it was turned down by the IOC. I think that's a game the women are more prone to play in the former Soviet republics, but I could be wrong.
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Thanks for this bit. I was actually half expecting Russians to try to make Bandy a exhibition demonstration sport for Sochi games, but didn't know about it. Bandy is like field hockey on skates. It is an old game, but as it needs natural ice (me thinks?), it is destined not to spread from the North. My Dad told me that when he was a kid (in the 40s) all the boys played bandy, and hockey was unheard of. If memory serves the first Swedish team participating in hockey WCs was a bunch of established bandy stars, who were willing to try hockey. As an olympic sport it would be about as predictable as women's hockey. You can bet that the final would have been Sweden vs. Russia with Kazakhstan, Finland and Norway fighting for the bronze. I haven't heard of women playing bandy in Finland. May be in Russia or Sweden?
Method of Madness:
Floorball sounds like field hockey.
jwhouk:
There is no such thing as "demonstration sports" in the Olympics anymore. The IOC didn't want the headache of trying to figure out after the fact if the sport's medal were "official" or not, if the sport/discipline became part of the Olympic program.
Floorball is like field hockey, except indoors. It's easier to play, but not as widespread a game as ice or field hockey.
mustang6172:
--- Quote from: ev4n on 24 Feb 2014, 08:55 ---Floorball sounds a lot like floor hockey, which is played a lot over here, recreationally.
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Floor hockey is already an Olympic sport (if you count the Special Olympics).
Don't forget there's Paralympic sledge hockey to look forward to next month!
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