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A variety of water sports; from top left: diving, surfing, water polo, synchronized swimming, swimming, rowing, yacht racing, dragon boat racing, kayaking. Water sports or aquatic sports are sports activities conducted on waterbodies and can be categorized according to the degree of immersion by the participants.
Open water swimming is swimming outside a regular pool, usually in a lake, or sometimes ocean. Popularity of the sport has grown in recent years, particularly since the 10 km open water event was added as an Olympic event in 2005, contested for the first time in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Underwater video is an scuba-based underwater sport governed by CMAS where teams of competitors using digital underwater video systems all dive at the same saltwater ocean sites at the same time over a two-day period. The submitted digital video are then assessed and ranked by a jury. [22] [23]
The following is a list of surface water sports. These are sports which are performed atop a body of water. Boat racing. Motorized racing. Hydroplane racing ...
The start of an amateur ocean swim event on Christmas morning 2016, at Manly Beach, Australia.. Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers.
4.7.1 2020 International Canoe Ocean Racing Worlds. 4.8 Canoe Polo. 4.8.1 2020 International Canoe Polo Championships. 4.8.2 2020 Continental Championship Canoe Polo.
Water skiers performing at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Water skiing (also waterskiing or water-skiing) is a surface water sport in which an individual is pulled behind a boat or a cable ski installation over a body of water, skimming the surface on two skis or one ski.
The championships are staged by World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (Fédération internationale de natation), the international federation recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for administering international competitions in water sports. The championships are World Aquatics' largest and main event traditionally held ...