Apparently there are 4 sports that you win by going backwards.Rowing and tug-o-war are 2,anyone got any idea what the others are?
In golf, the lowest score wins. Does that count?
Backstroke swimming?
No i dont think that golf would count.I think you have to physically go bacwards.So you cant have darts either
What about the high jump? Though technically not ‘required’, if I remember my Olympic coverage correctly, the technique needed to make it over the bar necessitates turning as you jump- and going over the bar backwards.
Platform diving.
Again, not required, but a lot of boxers walk backwards around their opponents.
Pole-vaulters run forwards but fall backwards.
I think that’s the “Fosbury Flop,” written up nicely here.
For one member of the team, ballroom dancing.
The first time I heard this riddle, there were supposedly 3 sports you could win going backwards. The answers were supposed to be
- The backstroke, in swimming.
- Rowing
- Tug-of-war.
But afterward, people thought of several other events in which contestants can go backwards.
The high jump, for instance, is almost always won by “floppers,” who go over the bar backwards. (I THINK most pole vaulters tend to go over the bar backwards, too… but I hardly follow track, and won’t vouch for that).
Divers often jump off the board/platform backwards. And gymnasts regularly go backward in their routines.
Is repelling considered a sport?
Actually, pole-vaulters go over the bar feet first, usually twisting so that they face the bar as they arc over. Once they cross (or hit) the bar, their motion leaves them falling towards the pit on their backs, so only the last part of the jump is considered going “backwards”.
Half of all fencers are in retreat, pacing backwards.
How about them?
I second this. Especially given that I don’t think I’ve ever won a bout while advancing.
Some obviously consider “repelling” a sport, and I think most would consider “rappelling” a sport…
What about dart?
You start with 301
and the first that reach 0 wins.