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The 2021 Summer Olympics being played now inspired me to post this question:

  What is a sport that is only played in one particular country, and therefore would most likely never be featured in the Olympic Games due to lack of worldwide or widespread popularity/familiarity?

  [Please exclude any ancient or historically-played sports that no longer exist in the past 25 years or more.]
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Posted - July 28, 2021
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  • 6023
    I can't think of any ... but your question got me thinking what "sport" I would like to see included at the Olympics, that isn't now.

    Beer Pong.
      July 28, 2021 9:12 AM MDT
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  • Pato is a sport played only in Argentina.  A team of four players riding horseback tries to get the ball into the opposing team's hoop, which has a diameter of one metre and is on a 2,4 metre high pole.   The ball is white.  It has a diameter of 40 cm and it has six handles.  The game has its name because the original ball was a dead duck in a sack.  The game is written into law as the national sport of Argentina, though football is the most popular sport. 

      July 28, 2021 1:10 PM MDT
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  • 53526

     

      Thank you. It seems quite similar to polo in some ways.
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      July 28, 2021 1:11 PM MDT
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  • 17619
    Camel jumping.  Does it happen anywhere but Yemen? 

      July 29, 2021 9:33 AM MDT
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  • 53526
      September 29, 2022 7:09 AM MDT
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