An older sport was the plunge – swimming without making any strokes. It made its only Olympic appearance in 1904. We seem to have replaced it with the even less sports-like synchronised swimming.
And thank you for the picture of Bill Werbenuik. According to Wikipedia;
His reliance on lager became such that, when scheduled to play at ten in the morning, he was forced to rise at 6am in order to get through the eight or so starter pints which he needed to play. Big Bill would then down a pint in each frame, before retiring to the bar at the end of the day for what he termed ‘a social drink’.
A dedicated sportsman.