I wish regular people still competed in the Olympics. Imagine how awesome it would be if the person who carried the most kitty litter at PetSmart was sent to Paris to compete.
Before 2024, the last time a Canadian won an Olympic medal in hammer throw was in 1912. Canadian police officer, Duncan Gillis, won silver in Stockholm that year, and shortly after turned in his hammer to become a wrestler. Or in other words, he freaking rules…
When I think of hammer-throwing, I think of those bars where people throw axes at targets — but with hammers — which sounds to me like something your character in Skyrim would be doing. I was totally disappointed when I found out there aren’t even real hammers involved in the sport.
Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers weren’t crushing brewskis and hitting bullseyes in Paris when they won gold in both Men’s and Women’s Hammer Throw, but they did show the country that there’s now a place for that one kid in gym class with sheer brute strength and not necessarily enough coordination to go make a layup.
I’ve missed my true calling. It’s me, I’m the kid.
