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Spectrum Chart - 592 : Sports 2
1. Table Tennis - Table tennis, also known
as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a
lightweight ball back and forth across a table using a small paddle.
The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Table tennis
has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several event categories.
2. Soccer/Football – Football or Soccer
is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a
spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200
countries and dependencies, making it the world's most popular sport.
The game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end.
The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the
opposing goal. The FIFA World Cup takes place every four years
between national teams, and is the world's most popular sporting
event, even more popular than the Olympic Games.
3. Wrestling – Wrestling is a combat
sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting,
throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.
The sport can either be theatrical for entertainment or genuinely
competitive. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two
competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a
superior position. There are a wide range of styles with varying
rules with both traditional historic and modern styles.
4. Sailing - Sailing refers to using
sailboats for sporting purposes. It can be recreational or
competitive. A sailing competition is known as a regatta, usually
consists of multiple individual races, where the boat that performs
best in each race is the overall winner.
5. Karate - Karate is a Japanese martial
art. Karate uses all parts of the human body as a weapon such as the
hand, fist, elbow, leg and knee. Traditional karate places emphasis
on self-development. Modern Japanese style training emphasises the
psychological elements incorporated into a proper attitude such as
perseverance, fearlessness, virtue and leadership skills. Sport
karate places emphasis on exercise and competition.
6. Trampoline - Trampolining is a
competitive Olympic sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while
bouncing on a trampoline. These can include simple jumps in the pike,
tuck or straddle position to more complex combinations of forward or
backward somersaults and twists.
7. Weight Lifting - Weightlifting is an
athletic discipline in the modern Olympic programme in which the
athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded
with weight plates. The two competition lifts in order are the snatch
and the clean and jerk. Each weightlifter receives three attempts in
each and the combined total of the highest two successful lifts
determines the overall result within a bodyweight category.
Bodyweight categories are different for male and female competitors.
It has been in the Olympic Games since 1896.
8. Taekwondo - Taekwondo is a martial art
of Korean origin, similar enough to the Japanese karate. It is based
on the utilisation of the hands and feet in order to attack or to be
defended from an adversary. It is a Olympic sport since 1992.
9. Water Polo - Water polo is a sport
played in water with a ball. It has similarities to basketball and
soccer, although players are in the pool. Players try to get the ball
into the goal more times than the opposing team. The game consists of
swimming using a special form of treading water known as the eggbeater
kick, throwing, catching and shooting the ball. All throwing and
catching must be done using a single hand. Each team consists of 6
field players and a goalkeeper.
10. Judo – Judo is a modern Japanese
martial art and Olympic sport. It was developed in 1882 by Jigoro
Kano. Judo is very scientific in its training methods and fighting
techniques. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element,
where the objective is to either throw or takedown an opponent to the
ground, immobilise or otherwise subdue an opponent with a pin or
force an opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke. Strikes and
thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defences are a part of
judo.
11. Triathlon - A triathlon is a sport that
consists of three different events one after another without resting
in between. Usually, they are swimming, cycling and running.
Triathlon has been in the Olympic Games since 2000. One of the
hardest and most famous triathlons is the Ironman Triathlon, which
involves swimming two miles, biking a hundred miles and then running
a marathon.
12. Equestrian – Equestrian more often
known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill
of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses. This
broad description includes the use of horses for practical working
purposes, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or
cultural exercises and competitive sport. It is an Olympic sport. The
current Olympic equestrian disciplines are Dressage, Eventing and
Jumping. In each discipline, both individual and team medals are
awarded. Women and men compete together on equal terms.
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