COMPETITIVE ALPINE SKIING is divided four disciplines ;downhill,slalom,giant slalom and super giant slalom.Each one test different skills . In down hill skiing competitors race down a slope marked out by control flags. known as " gates", and are timed on a single run only.Competitors wear crash helmets,one piece Lycra suit and long skis with flattened tips to minimize air resistance.Slalom and giant slalom skiers negotiate a twisting course requiring ,balance,agility,and quick reactions.Courses are defined by pairs of gates.Racers must pass...
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COMBAT SPORTS ARE BASED ON THE SKILLS used in fighting .In these sports ,the competitors may be unarmed-as in judo and boxing or armed as in fencing and ken do. Judo is a system of unarmed combat developed in the East.Translated from the Japanese the name means "the gentle way"student learn how to turn an opponent's force to their own advantage..The usual costume is loose white trousers and a jacket fastened with a cloth belt.The colour of ...
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 rac...
RUGBY IS PLAYED WITH AN OVAL BALL,which may be carried ,thrown,or kicked.There are two codes of rugby.Rugby union is an amateur game played by two teams of 15 players .They can score points in two ways ,by placing the ball by hand over the opponents' goal line(a try,scoring four points) or by kicking it over the cross bar of the opponents goal (a conversion of a try,scoring two points;a penalty kick ,scoring three points;or a drop kick scoring three points). Rugby leag...