In addition to the traditional 41 events, the Paris Games have added four new sports: breakdancing, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing.

In daily sports, the French always have an "interesting soul" in sports, today let's take stock of those French people love to play "weird" sports!

🏃 La petanque 🏃

French roll is simple, not tired and fun, and is regarded as an elegant sport reflecting the taste of life by the French. In the game, a small ball is thrown forward, that is, the "target ball (but)", who throws the ball closer to the target ball, who scores.

Sometimes a single goal can change the game, and seemingly leisurely sports are often full of excitement! In 1958, the International Roller Ball Association was officially established, and the World Championship held by it every year has become a grand event for roller ball lovers in various countries.

Everything can be used for sport, even the big stones on the roadside! In the town of Guellesquan in Brittany, there is an annual "stone throwing" tournament, in which participants are divided by age and gender into four groups, named after the characters in the classic French comic book The Adventures of the Gallic Heroes: "Idefix", "Falbala", "Asterix" and "Obelix".

🏃 Axe flying La lance de hache🏃

This is an outdoor activity from Quebec and North America, and now flying ax has become a new sport, with special competition rules and skills, and it has been quickly loved by young people after being introduced into France.

At present, there are many specialized ax flying clubs in Paris, and there are even equipment shops specializing in selling sports axes.

🏃 Le sabre laser🏃

If you've seen Star Wars, you're certainly familiar with the "lightsaber" used by Jedi knights, and it's also a regular sport! Lightsaber fighting clubs are especially common in France and the United States.

In 2018, the French Fencing Federation officially identified lightsaber fighting as a competitive sport, with systematic scoring criteria and professional training methods.

🏃 Le Hockey subaquatique🏃

Fa Xiaonan would like to call it the first choice of summer sports! A very cool and very abusive sport, the official competition venue is 25 meters long x 12 meters wide x 2 to 4 meters deep pool, the sport is played at the bottom of the pool.

It's cool, it's fun, and it burns calories. In 1982, the first French Underwater Hockey Championship was held in Reims, France, and the sport has been officially settled in France since then.

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