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Rowing

Rowing

Rowing is one of Britain’s most successful Olympic sports winning 24 gold, 20 silver and 10 bronze medals in the history of the Olympic Games up to and including B...

Modern Pentathlon

Modern Pentathlon

The combination of five completely different sports constitutes Modern Pentathlon, the most demanding sport of the Olympic Games. Pentathletes compete in the course of o...

Athletics

Athletics

The Olympic competition schedule consists of 47 events; 24 for men and 23 for women.

Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competi...

Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is played by two teams, made up of five players and seven substitutes. The aim of the game for each team is to get the ball into the elevated baskets at eithe...

Sailing

Sailing

Sailing competition is run in different classes, or types of boats. In any race, only boats of the same class compete against each other.

The 10 classes of boats...

Weightlifting

Weightlifting

A sport about technique every bit as it is about pure strength. Weightlifting has been around as long as competition itself.

Weightlifting consists of two moveme...

Diving

Diving

Diving is an incredibly specialised aquatic discipline in which athletes leap from platforms or springboards elevated to a height of three metres and 10 metres above the...

Archery

Archery

Archery is truly a historic sport – a contest of mind and body control, as well as precision – and has roots dating back to its use as a weapon of hunting an...

Football

Football

Modern football has evolved from a game played in streets and schools in the mid 1800s to the most widely played game on earth played in almost every town and village in...

Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint

Canoe Sprint events are head-to-head races conducted on still water, as opposed to the white-water time trials of the Canoe Slalom competition. In canoes, athletes race ...

Cycling Road

Cycling Road

Road racing is the form of competitive cycling most analogous to that done by the general public, with riders competing against each other on conventional roads to compl...

Handball

Handball

Handball is played in an indoor court between two teams, of seven players each. The players’ objective is, by only using their hands, to throw the ball into the go...

Equestrian Dressage

Equestrian Dressage

Dressage is the basis for all equestrian sport where the ultimate training of horse and rider results in a picture of harmony, athleticism and partnership.  Horse a...

Gymnastics Rhythmic

Gymnastics Rhythmic

Rhythmic Gymnastics is performed exclusively by women and is a combination of gymnastics and dance. The gymnasts perform choreographed movements with musical accompanime...

Equestrian Eventing

Equestrian Eventing

The Equestrian disciplines are unique among Olympic sports, in the sense that men and women compete on the same terms and horse and rider are both declared Olympic medal...

Judo

Judo

Although Judo is a martial art, its practice and methods are based around gentleness. Giving way to the strength of the opponent, adapting to and using it to your advant...