Watching the opening title sequence of the BBC coverage this morning, the graphics cut from boxing to diving.
This led me to thinking about how sports could be combined to make them more exciting. A boxing match, but on the 10m board. Hit your opponent in the right place, and knock them off.
MFWHTBAB then suggested that the knocked off boxer could then avid the knock-out, buy doing an impressive enough dive!
What else could we mix for added excitement. There's the 4x200m javelin relay perhaps.... Aquatic shot put? (and you have to fetch the shot back, wearing pyjamas)