Let your mind range out "beyond the dots" to find events for this new Olympic Games we may propose to hold. We use the same track, the same implements: just with somewhat different rules.
1. LOW HURDLES. The 110 meter hurdles, except that the runners go under them instead of over them.
2. HIGH SHOT PUT. Set a bar as you would for high jumping, and the throwers have to throw the shot over the bar. If you miss, you are eliminated.
3. SKIP DISC. Who can throw the discus the farthest, but you have to make it skip one time during the throw.
4. RING TOSS. Throw the discus through a ring that is successively moved farther away.
5. VAULT RELAY. The standard relay events, except you use vaulting poles instead of batons - and you can carry them any way you want to.
6. SLICK JUMP. Standard high jump, except the approach ramp is iced over.
7. VAULT DASH. 100 meter dash, but each contestant carries a vaulting pole, and he cannot run. He can only vault from spot to spot.
8. SAND JUMP. The long jump, except that the contestants start from the back side of the pit, run through the sand, and jump onto the runway.
9. ACCUVAULT. Pole vaulters have to land within a designated spot, far enough out that they still have to get up full speed in the approach.
10. HESITANT DASH. Sprinters have to take two steps forward and one step backward.
11. DODGE DASH. 100 meter dash with finish tapes every ten yards, and the runners are disqualified if they break any of them.
12. TOSS RELAY. Standard relays, except there is a "no run" zone between each runner, and so the baton has to be thrown to the next runner.
And then, just use your imagination. The sky's the limit
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