Olympic sports

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  1. 3. a type of gymnastics in which competitors have to jump, balance, etc. using different equipment.
  2. 8. a sport where two teams try to score points by carrying an oval ball across a particular line or kicking it over and between an H-shaped set of posts.
  3. 9. a competition in which the people competing must swim, ride a bicycle, and run particular distances without stopping between events.
  4. 10. a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground.
  5. 12. a game played by two teams of nine players, in which a player hits a ball with a bat and runs around four bases before the other team returns the ball.
  6. 13. a sport in which two competitors fight by hitting each other with their hands.
  7. 14. a sport originally from Korea, in which people fight with arms, legs, and feet. It is similar to karate.
  8. 17. sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine with music.
  9. 19. the sport or activity of riding a bicycle over hills and rough ground.
  10. 21. a type of gymnastics in which competitors perform on the floor using equipment such as a ball, rope, or ribbon.
  11. 27. the activity or sport of riding a skateboard.
  12. 28. a game similar to football, played by throwing a ball instead of kicking it.
  13. 31. a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal.
  14. 33. sport that consists of different disciplines: fencing, freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting and cross country running.
  15. 34. the sport of riding strong bicycles across rough countryside or on special tracks, racing them.
  16. 38. the general name for a particular group of sports in which people compete, including running, jumping, and throwing.
  17. 39. the activity of lifting heavy objects as a sport.
  18. 42. the most common form of cycling. Cyclists ride on paved roads.
  19. 43. a form of volleyball played on sand by two teams of two players.
  20. 44. the style of climbing in which climbers use devices that are already fixed to the rock, instead of using devices that they bring with them and remove after the climb.
  21. 45. a bicycle racing sport on a special banked track (called velodrome) using special bicycles.
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  1. 1. the sport or activity of using boats with sails.
  2. 2. the sport or action of jumping into water, especially with your head and arms going in first.
  3. 4. the sport of swimming in outdoor bodies of water, like open oceans, lakes and rivers.
  4. 5. A sport in which you shoot arrows.
  5. 6. a game played by two teams of five players who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring.
  6. 7. water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
  7. 11. the sport or activity of performing physical exercises on a piece of sports equipment that you jump up and down on.
  8. 15. the sport or activity of rowing a boat.
  9. 16. the activity or sport of using your body on the water to get to a place, or beat a time score.
  10. 18. a game in which two teams use their hands to hit a large ball over a high net without allowing the ball to touch the ground.
  11. 20. the sport of riding strong bicycles across rough countryside or on special tracks, performing stunts (skillful and exciting actions).
  12. 22. the sport of riding on a wave on a special board.
  13. 23. a sport in which two people fight using their arms and legs and hands and feet, and try to throw each other to the ground.
  14. 24. a game played between two teams of eleven players who each have a curved stick with which they try to put a small, hard ball into the other team's goal.
  15. 25. the sport of firing a weapon to hit a target.
  16. 26. a sport in which two or four people hit a shuttlecock (= a light object with feathers) over a high net.
  17. 29. horse riding.
  18. 30. a sport, originally from Japan, in which people fight using their arms, legs, hands, and feet. The level of skill a person has is shown by what colour belt they wear.
  19. 32. water sport in which athletes have to navigate a kayak through a course of downstream or upstream river rapids as fast as possible.
  20. 35. a game played in water in which two teams of swimmers try to get the ball into the other team's goal.
  21. 36. the sport of fighting with long, thin swords.
  22. 37. a game that is played on a large table where two or four players hit a ball over a low net using small, round bats.
  23. 40. a game played between two or four people on a special playing area that involves hitting a small ball across a central net using a racket.
  24. 41. a game played outside on grass in which each player tries to hit a small ball into a series of nine or 18 small holes, using a long, thin stick.