Brain looks at your post about Olympics and ties into your icon and am now imagining Andor hosting the Olympics and Queen Elayne is running it.
Aviendha is competing. Now who else could compete and what events would they have…mmmmm. Would there be a kind of channeling event? The seven different Ajah’s come up with their own national anthems instead of just playing Tar Valon’s national anthem perhaps. Sorry for the rambling.
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Ooh fun ask ok I'm gonna assign Olympic events to Randland that I think they'd compete in and be good at.
Ok first its gonna have to be Summer Olympic style events. I think Elayne is gonna have a really elaborate but tasteful opening ceremony showcasing Andoran culture such as Being Nice To Our Peasants and Cannons (she's also gonna invent the 21 gun salute). For the sake of conflict of interest she is NOT competing but she did a tumbling performance that she worked on with Thom.
Aviendha and the Aiel in general are gonna dominate all the running events, short and long distance, relay and hurdles. Not steeplechase though because the water obstacle is gonna trip them up. How far did Aviendha run through the snows in Seanchan, like a couple of miles? Idk let's say she's gonna do the 5000m. The Aiel are also going to be really good at the high jump although their technique is a little different than standard.
The Aes Sedai would be into rowing, 100%, it's just the right mix of kind of pretentious, backbreaking labour, and also kind of gay. All the Ajahs have their own team and compete at the Northharbour Regatta to see which team is going to represent them in Andor.
Rand does archery, Perrin does hammer throw, and Mat does javelin. I feel like they would also have their own specific knife throwing event because so many characters throw knives. Moiraine is that really intense coach that has some rumours of unsportsmanlike conduct but nothing's been proven. Siuan would be really good at those little single man sailboat races sorry idk what they're called exactly.
Andor being English in general is gonna have that sporting tradition so I'm thinking polo (which hasn't been an event for a long time but it would be easier for them, rugby, cricket, field hockey. They're also the top rivals for the Tar Valon rowing team.
Cairhien being French and also with cha faile taking over would participate in all the fencing events. I think they also would have absorbed a lot of the hand-to-hand fighting from the Aiel which is perfect because the French are also usually very good at Judo.
Tear ok so I just have this vibe of the Tairen lords doing pistol shooting even though they don't really have pistols yet idk it just feels slightly removed enough from actual warfare to appeal to them. The commoners though are gonna be really good at the swimming and sailing events.
The Sea Folk would also be really strong in swimming and sailing of course, and let's add diving to that idk.
The Seanchan love interpreting mysterious signs and omens so they're perfect for baseball. Tuon coaches and ensures everyone is following the exact prescribed rituals, but never plays herself.
Illian being Greecian inspired would have all the traditional track and field events like discus etc but also wrestling.
The Black Tower is sending a rugby team, that seems appropriately violent for Taim.
The Saldaeans already have horse gymnastics so they can have jumping, dressage, and also just Regular Gymnastics.
Arafel doesn't have a strong real world parallel so I'll keep them Indian like Alanna in the show and they can also do pistol shooting and field hockey.
The Whitecloaks show up just to harass people by saying they're using the Power to improve their performance. Egwene as the Amyrlin is in charge of a team to monitor Channelling at the Games.
The Ogier are there but as the opposite to "A Regular Guy at The Olympics," they do the event after the humans to show how strong they are. Like, Loial throws Perrin's hammer clear to the other end of the field.
Shienar also has really good horseman but they're kinda less fancy so they'd probably only do the jumping. They'd also do the fencing, wrestling, judo type events.
Nynaeve is in charge of the medical team and glowers at everyone for being fool enough to risk their fool necks playing these fool games.