We Trekkies who watched Star Trek: The Original Series remember the gym segment from "Charlie X," where the crew members did cartwheels, sparred with each other, and Captain Kirk tried to teach Charlie how to take a fall. While we didn't see the gym much afterward, Strange New Worlds actress Christina Chong had some interesting ideas for an intergalactic Olympics to share when she spoke to TrekMovie.com during this year's Trek To Chicago con.
Chong mused, "I have always pitched the idea of Federation Olympics. And we end up facing the Klingons at the last hurdle, and we have to find a way to beat them. And maybe we have to find a way to cheat to beat them."
Chong continued by saying during the same sit-down:
"And then there was also an underwater episode that I pitched, which would have to be shot in Mexico City, just because of the Cenotes and things. We’d have to scuba dive and that would probably only be fun for a few hours, and then we’d be just cold and wet. Yeah, those were were my two other ideas that may or may not have happened."
It seems to me that if the Klingons had an Olympics, every event would be to the death--battling giant bloodworms, advanced Targ hunting, and axe throwing at a live (and running for its life) target. It's also likely that the Enterprise crew would have to cheat to avoid being slaughtered or, as Admiral Kirk once said of the Kobayashi Maru, "Change the conditions of the test."
What other Olympic events might take place during this time in Starfleet's history? Share your thoughts and comments with us on the Redshirts Always Die Facebook and X pages as we prepare to bid farewell to Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, which recently wrapped filming for its fifth and final season this month.