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Sports SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Ancient Greece
p.18

Sports are physical activities performed by individuals or ▸ ▸ Bicycles p.36
teams of players. There are usually rules to sports, and ▸ ▸ Dance p.76
team sports often take place in a set amount of time. ▸ ▸ Games

Individuals and teams compete against one another to pp.240–241
achieve the best result or the highest score. ▸ ▸ School
pp.272–273

Spectators
Athletics Spectators watch sports Archery
Athletics is a group of sports that take and cheer on their Archers use a bow
favorite athletes.
to fire arrows at a
place around a running track or on a circular target.
sports field. Big athletic competitions
such as the Olympics have lots
of events.

Javelin
A javelin is a long
Sprinting spear thrown as far
A sprint is a race as possible.
that is shorter High jump
than 400 m. High jumpers
Shotput compete to jump
the highest over
Athletes compete a bar.
to throw a small, Long jump
heavy ball the Long jumpers try to
farthest distance. launch themselves
as far as possible
along a sandpit.
Hurdles
Athletes jump over a series
Judges of obstacles called hurdles
on a running track.

Team sports Gymnastics Winter sports
Sports such as football, rugby, Strong gymnasts use their bendy In cold weather, competitors
and cricket are played between two bodies for moves including flips and use snow and ice to ice-skate,
opposing teams. The team that scores handstands. They use the floor as well ski, snowboard, and bobsled.
the most goals or gets the highest as props such as balancing beams. Many winter sports involve
number of runs or points wins the game. performing tricky moves,
or racing.
Basketball teams
Soccer teams pass a round ball
pass a round ball by hand. Football players
by foot. pass an unusually- Gymnasts can Skier
shaped ball by do impressive
hand. moves while
standing on
their hands.

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