Calling all mall walkers! You have a shot at Olympic gold! Racewalking is a long-distance foot race, but don’t take off running. One foot must be in contact with the ground at all times. (Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)
Steeplechase -- not just for horses anymore. The steeplechase is a 3,000 meter foot race with 28 barriers that must be cleared and seven water jumps. (Michael Steele/Getty Images)
Also known as ping-pong, table tennis is represented in the Olympics with both singles and doubles events -- proof that all those years of beer pong in college were good for something. (Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images)
It’s kind of like regular gymnastics, but with ropes, clubs, hoops, balls and ribbons. Wait, that’s not like gymnastics at all. Think of it as ballet with props. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
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Shuttlecocks have found their place outside of garden parties and cookouts -- in the Olympic arena. (Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images)
Handball -- it couldn’t decide if it was basketball or soccer. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)
No one post-Renaissance knew what dressage was until Mitt Romney brought that wife of his around to a few interviews. Hope she got a nice fruit basket for letting people know it still exists. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
Shaun White recently laughed off the trampoline event by saying that he does the same thing, but with his feet attached to a board. (Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
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“Face-first sled dive” would probably be a more accurate name for this event. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
This game consists of stones, brooms and sweepers, but it isn’t a battle of best cleaning skills, it’s curling. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)
Can’t decide between cross-country skiing and rifle shooting? Thanks to the biathlon, you don’t have to. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)
