Jamaica already owns the world of Olympic sprinting, what with being represented by Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, among others. The island nation isn’t content to dominate one sport, however. They want to introduce an entirely new one to Olympic competition so they can run house in those, too.
Jamaica Would Like The Chance To Destroy The World In Dominoes
Even if many would question that it isn’t a sport at all. Yes, Jamaica wants the game of dominoes to eventually gain recognition as a sport, which then will lead to it becoming an Olympic event. An Olympic event that they would almost certainly dominate. The jerks.
Leaving aside the “I can’t wait for the Hungry Hungry Hippos medal round” and “amateur jacks players peak by the age of 9” jokes, dominoes is a legit national passion in Jamaica, where officials say as many as 70 percent of citizens play. And when they play, nerves can get awfully frayed. Maybe because dominoes is also quite the boozy affair in Jamaica.
A “Q”, or quarter-litre bottle of white rum, is often a key element of the event, making the job of getting the game more professional even more of an uphill battle.
Okay, so even if dominoes is a ways away from qualifying as an Olympic sport - it would be seven years away even if it were Olympiad-ready now - the game as it is now makes a strong argument for new party game du jour.
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