From the skeleton to curling, the Winter Olympics can introduce you to a host of sports you never knew you were passionately interested in. With the 2018 Winter Olympics beginning on Friday, here are some of the the weirdest cold-weather sports that will not be on display in South Korea – but really should be. In the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics, ski ballet was a demonstration sport, meaning it was given a trial run, but wasn’t renewed for 1996. It’s the world’s second most popular winter sport, and the Duchess of Cambridge even had a go on a recent trip to Sweden. Bandy was played as a demonstration sport in the 1953 Winter Olympics, and negotiations are currently going on about the inclusion of the sport in 2022.

Source: Evening echo February 08, 2018 08:03 UTC