Sports & Games passages for CAT RC

Play and competition, and what they reveal about societies.

1 long-form sports & games essays, written at the density of real CAT passages, each with CAT, XAT and GMAT-style questions and explanations. For real exam passages, practise the solved CAT RC PYQs; for a daily routine, see CAT RC practice.

Sports & Games2 min

The Runner Disqualified for a Car Ride and the Winner Fed Strychnine

At the St. Louis Olympics of 1904 one marathoner was thrown out for riding in a car and another was crowned after being given strychnine. The difference had less to do with fairness than with what the rule book happened to say.

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