Sports
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With golf being the ultimate game of distances and angles, it is one of the world’s most popular sports, played…
Artistic gymnastics is of the original sports included at the Olympic Games, although the competitive program has evolved greatly over…
Rhythmic gymnastics is one of three sports (along with artistic swimming and softball) that are contested only by women at…
Olympic trampoline competition features individual events for men and women. Both begin with a qualifying round in which each gymnast…
Judo was built on three major techniques: throwing (with hand, hip, foot, half-body, and full-body), groundwork (holds, strangulation, locks), and…
Olympic history will be made at Tokyo 2020 as rowing becomes fully gender equal, featuring identical events for men and…
Summer Olympic Sports
The current Olympic program includes a road race and an individual time trial for men and women. All are one-day…
There are six different track cycling events on the Olympic program, all of which have men’s and women’s events.
Olympic diving uses two types of boards: 3m springboard and 10m platform. There are individual and synchronized events for both…
Sometimes described as horse ballet, dressage actually has its roots in the way Greeks prepared their horses for war more…
Comprised of three forms of competition – dressage, cross-country, jumping – eventing is considered the supreme test of total horsemanship.
Arguably the best known of the equestrian disciplines, jumping (sometimes called show jumping) features highly technical courses with a series…
Winter Olympic Sports
There are five categories of Olympic snowboard events, each featuring athletes riding similar shaped boards. But while some of these…
Long track speed skating is considered the fastest human-powered sport in the sport, with skaters reaching speeds of more than…
Short track speed skating takes place on a 111.12m oval which is marked on an international-sized ice rink. The smaller…
Pan American Games Sports
Karate will be at home when it makes its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. The martial art has its origins…
Olympic history will be made at Tokyo 2020 as rowing becomes fully gender equal, featuring identical events for men and…
Sailing events are designated by the model and type of boat used in competition. All events at Tokyo 2020 will…
Surfing will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020. There are various disciplines of surfing, based on the size and…