Sport question

Bloody Drunkard

I need help with this question

There are 4 sports in the world in which the competitors always go backwards! Name them.

I can get 3 but i can't get the 4th post your solutions here

adeypius

1 Tug-a-war
2 Abseiling
3 Rowing
4 The Hammer Throw

PiE

Well that's that then.

Trev

I don't see how the hammer throw is a sport where competitors always go backwards? But I'm not a Hammer Throw pundit. If its cos they're going anti-clockwise or something, that's not backwards.

Abseiling, does downwards mean the same thing as backwards? Or if when they are climbing they are moving forwards, while they are going downwards they are moving backwards? I don't see how that would work.

And in tug-o-war, if one team is going backwards, then the other is going forwards. So the competitors are not always going backwards.

Perhaps tug-o-war could be included if the question was rephrased to say "There are four sports inwhich competitors need to go backwards in order to achieve they're goal." or something like that.

Just some little niggling doubts about that list, that's all.

WhiteWashMan

backstroke swimming
backflips in gymnastics

suppafly

Yup i agree with trev on this.