Sports Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. – A combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events.
  2. 4. – A type of sword used in fencing competitions.
  3. 8. – A winter sport combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting.
  4. 9. – A skiing or snowboarding race involving zigzagging around poles.
  5. 11. – A short-distance race at maximum speed.
  6. 12. – A sport where athletes race boats using oars.
  7. 13. – A series of boat or yacht races.
  8. 15. – A cue sport played on a table with colored balls.
Down
  1. 1. – A swimming stroke or a style of competition in skiing and wrestling.
  2. 2. – An athletics event where participants throw a spear-like object.
  3. 5. – A gymnastics event involving jumping over an apparatus.
  4. 6. – A sport where athletes jump into water performing acrobatics.
  5. 7. – A team sport played on horseback with a mallet and ball.
  6. 10. – A long-distance running race of 26.2 miles.
  7. 14. – A Japanese martial art of sword fighting using bamboo swords.