8.13.2008

Olympic Trampolining (Trampoling?)

I was still wrapping my head around beach volleyball when I learned that the trampoline is an Olympic sport. It's a little hard for me to watch because on top of my baseline level of anxiety about individual sports, I grew up hearing my parents warn their friends whose children were begging for trampolines that their insurance payments would go way up. This may not sound particularly disturbing; but being raised by attorneys, I knew that these costs were in place because of the potential for unspeakably horrible accidents. Nonetheless, it's pretty mesmerizing. Watch video from Athens 2004 here (you may have to install a plug-in).

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