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                  SWIMMING   WAS INCLUDED    in  the  first   modern  Olympic  games  in  1896   and  diving  events  were  added  in 1904.Swimming  is   both an  individual   and  a  team  sport  and  races  takes  place  over a  predetermined     distance in  one of  the  four   major  categories of  stroke -free style,butterfly,breaststroke,and  backstroke. Competition  pools  are clearly  marked  for  racing  and  anti  turbulence  lane  lines  are  used   to  separate  the  swimmers and  help  keep  the   water  calm.The  first  team  or   individual  to  finish the  race  is ...

TARGET  SHOOTING  AND   ARCHERY   EVOLVED  as  practices  for   hunting and   battle   skills.Modern  bows,although  designed  according   to  the   principles    of    early   hunting   bows  use  laminates,fiberglass,Dacron and  carbon,and  are  equipped    with  sights  and  stabilizers.Competitors  in  target   archery    shoot  over   distances   of  30  m(100ft),50 m(165ft),70m(230ft),and  90 m(300ft) for  men,and  30 m(100ft),50m(165ft),60m(200ft)and   70m(230ft) for  women.The  closer   the shoot  is  to   center   of  the  target  ,  the  higher  the  score.The  individual  scores  are   added up  ,...

    THE  SPORTS   THAT   MAKE  UP  ATHLETICS  are   divided  into  two  groups ;track  events-   which  includes   ,sprinting,middle,and  long   distance   running  ,relay  running,hurdling   and  walking-and field  events  which  require   jumping  and  throwing  skills.Contests designed  to  test  the  speed  ,strength,agility,and  stamina  of  athletes  were   held  by ancient Greeks over  4000  years  ago.However   the  abolition   of   the  Olympics  game   in   393  AD    meant   that   athletics   were   neglected   until  the  revival  of large  scale  competition  in ...

BASE  BALL   IS  A  BALL    GAME  for  two  teams   of  nine  players.The   batter  hits  the  ball    thrown   by   the  opposing  team's  pitcher  ,into  the  area  between  the  foul   lines.He  than  runs  round   all   four  fix  bases  in  order   to  score  a   run.,touching  or " tagging"  each   base  in turn.The  pitcher  must throw  the  ball  at  a height  between  the  batter's  arm  pits  and  knees,a  height  which is  called  "Strike zone."A  ball  pitched  in  this   area  that   crosses  over  the "home plate"  is  called...