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A ballgame called "Keeping the ball aloft", Banda, 1601.The ball is made of twisted branches. Sepak takraw is known by the Indonesian and Malaysian people in several areas such as Borneo, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Sulawesi as Sepak raga, which is a game for local children who still use a ball made of rattan.
Typically held on either roads or running tracks, common distances range from 3,000 metres (1.9 mi) up to 100 kilometres (62.1 mi). The current race walking contests at the Summer Olympics are the 20 kilometres race walk (men and women) and the marathon race walk mixed relay , the latter of which debuted at the 2024 Summer Olympics .
The Egyptian equivalent of the foot—a measure of four palms or 16 digits—was known as the djeser and has been reconstructed as about 30 cm (11.8 in). The Greek foot ( πούς , pous ) had a length of 1 / 600 of a stadion , [ 12 ] one stadion being about 181.2 m (594 ft); [ 13 ] therefore a foot was, at the time, about 302 mm (11.9 in).
Bola bola, a gambling game similar to Three-card Monte; Bola, a 2010 Facebook game developed by Playdom; Bola de Ouro, a Brazilian association football award; Bola, an Indonesian sports newspaper published from 1984 to 2018; Rola bola, a plank on a cylinder on which a person balances
1 June 2006 Sukma Games: Alor Setar, Malaysia 18 years, 20 days High jump: 1.78 m Yap Sean Yee: 27 June 2013 Hanoi, Vietnam 18 years, 173 days Pole vault: 3.90 m Roslinda Samsu: 18 March 2001 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 18 years, 282 days Long jump: 6.20 m Ngew Sin Mei: 10 September 2002 Sukma Games: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 19 years, 98 days Triple jump
A half marathon is a road running event of 21.0975 kilometres (13 miles 192.5 yards)—half the distance of a marathon. [1] It is common for a half marathon event to be held concurrently with a marathon or a 5K race, using almost the same course with a late start, an early finish, or shortcuts. [2]
45–49 inches (110–120 cm) on wooden floor from height of 72 inches (180 cm) rubber Sixes: 19.7-20.3 centimeters - - - elastomeric Women lacrosse: 20-20.3 centimeters - 142-149 grams - 1.1-1.3 meters on wooden floor dropped from height of 1.8 meters Intercrosse: Sphere 23-25 centimeters - 80-100 grams - rubber Polo: Polo: FIP: Sphere -
Typical long-distance track races range from 3000 metres (1.87 miles) to 10,000 metres (6.2 miles), cross country races usually cover 5 to 12 km (3 to 7 1 ⁄ 2 miles), while road races can be significantly longer, reaching 100 km (62 mi) and beyond.