DiscoverThe Weird and Wonderful History of the Olympic GamesEpisode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming
Episode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming

Episode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming

Update: 2024-05-26
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We finish looking at the A-Z of crazy sports that featured in the Paris 1900 bonkers Games. The next 11 mins and 04 seconds look at the butchery of the live Pigeon Shooting through to the myth(?) of Poodle Grooming. 


This is a twice weekly podcast series in the runup to Paris and the Olympic Games


We explore the strange and fascinating people, sports, cheats, boycotts, doping and so much more that have happened in the Olympic Games since 1896. 




Each episode is stuffed full of the quirky and the crazy and in their no more than 15 minutes make your eyebrows raise, your head scratch and your lips smirk. 





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Episode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming

Episode 9 - Paris 1900 Part 5 - Pigeon Shooting to, erm, Poodle Grooming

Richard Stokoe