I remember being *completely* charmed, watching the cycling in 2012, to discover there is a race during which the riders are culled from the rear. Was a bit disappointed to find there are no large nets or hooks involved, but still. Many sports are indeed bonkers, including pole vault indeed. (Whoever thought it up must have been a... very strange person.)

The only sport I've ever actually done was rowing, and sadly, the Olympics does not embrace the most bonkers rowing races, namely, The Bumps. But one cannot have everything.