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2. Croquet
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Croquet at the 1908 Olympics
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Perhaps croquet’s most popular appearance was in Lewis Carroll’s classic novel Alice in Wonderland, but it also featured in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris as the home country picked up all the medals on offer. The sport involves hitting balls through hoops embedded in the ground with a large hammer called a mallet.
Currently, there are a large number of variations of the sport played across the world at club level as well as world championship level. In 1900, there were three events under the sport – singles (one ball), singles (two balls) and doubles. There were a total of 10 participants, all French, with Gaston Aumoitte and Chrétien Waydelich winning the gold medal in the one ball and two balls events respectively.
In the doubles category, the pair of Gaston Aumoitte and Georges Johinwon the gold medal by virtue of a walkover, as they were the only participants in the event.
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Shraishth Jain
Shraishth Jain is a former sports journalist & content specialist, with over eight years of experience of working in the industry. A graduate of commerce, he earned his post-graduate diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) in Delhi.
His journey in the field of sports journalism began as a freelancer with Sportskeeda in 2015, covering events from a wide range of sports across north India. He joined the organization full-time two years later and then worked at Times Now. Subsequently, he worked as a Media Officer at the All India Football Federation (AIFF) from 2019-2022, working in media operations, handling social media & PR for the federation and its various verticals, along with travelling with various national teams. He moved to RoundGlass Punjab FC for a season, before making the switch to working on his retail business.
He has been watching sports religiously for as long as he can remember. He is a die-hard Manchester United fan and spends almost all of his free time watching one sport or the other, and keeping tabs on the happenings in the world of sport around the globe.
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