Equestrian events
Equestrian sports refer to the competitive events that involve horses, including dressage, showjumping, and endurance riding. These disciplines have been part of the Olympics since 1900 and they tend to be quite popular among spectators. In addition to these long-established events, there will also be a new equestrian event at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo,
Mixed dressage-This will involve two riders working with one horse—one rider handling the reins and one acting as a spotter, who advises on how to position the horse for maximum efficiency.
Field hockey
The first Olympic tournament in women’s field hockey took place in 1980. At the time, the United States and Canada dominated world play, but things have changed a lot since then. With more opportunities for developing nations to participate and play at the international level, it’s now common to see Australia, Argentina, and the Netherlands get on the podium. Field hockey is a fast-paced game that requires endurance and strength as well as speed and skill with the stick. The attacking team can carry up to three sticks (the long poles used for striking a ball into a goal) onto the pitch at any given time—and only one player may be carrying it at once. International competition takes place between players of different levels based on age group.
Football (soccer)
Football is one of the most popular sports in the world, with hundreds of millions of fans tuning in every year to watch their favorite teams compete. The sport’s popularity has grown in recent years, but it still has a ways to go before it becomes part of the Olympics, which limits participation to the top handful of sports worldwide. While there have been attempts by FIFA (Football's international governing body) to bring football into the Olympics, those efforts were ultimately thwarted by soccer powerhouses like Brazil and France. Despite not being in the Olympics yet, football does play a role in one important Olympic event: The soccer tournament for men’s and women’s teams at the Summer Olympics is arguably as prestigious as any other competition.
Gymnastics (artistic)
Gymnastics is a sport in the Summer Olympics that consists of various disciplines such as (rhythmic) and acrobatic (tumbling, balancing, and flexible movements).
Gymnastics includes the following categories:
- Women's artistic events (balance beam, floor exercise, vault),
- men's artistic events (floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings),
- women's rhythmic gymnastics (ball, clubs), and men's rhythmic gymnastics (ball, rope).
These events have competed at every Summer Olympics since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. The general term gymnastics may also refer to both male and female competition together—artistic gymnastics—and other gymnastic disciplines.
Handball (team)
Handball is one of the many team sports on display in the Olympics, and it's not just for the guys: handball is an official Olympic sport for both men and women. Handball was first introduced as a women's sport in the Olympics at the 1976 Summer Games in Montreal.
Men's handball debuted in the Olympics four years later at the 1980 Moscow Games. Handball takes place indoors on a court that's 78 feet long and 50 feet wide with walls 20 inches high; it features a regulation-size ball that weighs seven ounces when dry (but only five ounces when wet) and can travel as fast as 16 miles per hour when kicked.
Modern pentathlon
If you’re looking for Olympic sports you haven’t heard of, consider Modern pentathlon. It’s a five-part sport that involves fencing, horseback riding, swimming, running, and shooting. The Olympics added the Modern pentathlon in 1912 as a way to increase the number of events in the games (at the time there were only nine sports total). Today, it is one of the most technical Olympic sports and requires an incredible amount of training to master.
Conclusion
The Olympic Games are the world’s largest sporting event and one of the biggest global spectacles in history. They include summer and winter sports competitions, with the most popular events including swimming, gymnastics, track & field, beach volleyball, table tennis, and taekwondo.
About 300 million people tune in to watch these games on television every two years; countless spectators attend the games in person. Being an Olympic athlete is a once-in-lifetime opportunity for most competitors; however, some athletes continue to compete at other international competitions even after they retire from Olympics competition.
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