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Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. [1] The most common types of athletics competitions are track and ...
An ancient Greece vase from 600 BC depicting a running contest An early model of hurdling at the Detroit Athletic Club in 1888 Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, one of the first modern track and field stadiums American athlete Jim Thorpe lost his Olympic medals after taking expense money prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics for playing baseball, a violation of Olympic amateurism rules.
Ancient sumo-wrestling competition from the Japanese Heian or Kamakura period (between 794 and 1333). The history of sports extends back to the Ancient world in 7000 BC. The physical activity that developed into sports had early links with warfare and entertainment.
Athletics is a term encompassing the human competitive sports and games requiring physical skill, and the systems of training that prepare athletes for competitive ...
• Biennial World Youth Championships in Athletics (renamed World U18 Championships in Athletics for the last edition) is introduced for athletes aged 18 or younger. [1] The event will be discontinued in 2017.
[84] [86] The Spartans, who claimed to have invented boxing, quickly abandoned it and did not take part in boxing competitions. [84] At first the boxers wore himantes (sing. himas), long leather strips which were wrapped around their hands. [85] The pankration was one of the most popular sports in the ancient Olympic Games. [87]
Athletics of the Ancient World (1930). Green, Harvey. Fit for America : Health, Fitness, Sport, and American Society, 1830-1940 (1988) Hargreaves, Jennifer. Sporting Females: Critical issues in the history and sociology of women’s sports (1994)
Basketball, invented by Dr. James Naismith in 1891 as a winter indoor activity, quickly gained traction and began spreading to colleges and beyond. By the century's end, it had established itself in various colleges and set the stage for future professional leagues.