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The Olympics are an international multi-sport event is divided into the Summer Olympic Games and winter events. Summer and Winter Games are held every 4 years.
The Olympic Games to be an event: the stage of the race, one short sprint measuring between 180 and 240 metres. Over the years, others have been added: boxing, wrestling, chariot racing, pentathlon, rings, long jump, shot and javelin disc throwing, among others.
The Summer Olympics, sports are archery, badminton, baseball, basketball, volleyball, boxing, cycling, diving, horses, fencing, hockey, gymnastics, judo, cycling, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, soft-ball, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and wrestling.
Two sports, taekwondo and triathlon (swim, bike, run), were for the first time in the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, Australia. In 1996, the bike its debut in the Summer Olympic Games.
The Olympic Winter Games are the events of biathlon (cross-country skiing and target shooting) Bob, Cross-country skiing, curling, skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, speed skating and snowboarding.
Snowboarding was the first Winter Games in 1998 in Nagano, Japan.
The current program includes 35 Olympic sports and nearly 400 events. The Summer Olympics in 28 sports with 38 Olympic sports and the Winter Games 7 with 15 sports disciplines.
The current program includes 35 Olympic sports and nearly 400 events. The Summer Olympic Games 2008 includes 28 events with 38 sports disciplines and the Olympic Winter Games 7 with 15 sports disciplines.
The 2008 Olympic events scheduled will be held in Beijing on 19 version of the Olympic Games. The 20th Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in London in the year 2012. The next Olympics in Beijing are planned, includes 302 events in 28 sports.
In addition, relative to the main stream Olympic events, Paralympics and Special Olympics World Games were also a legal action at the latest exclusive international sporting competition for the disabled. Paralympic Games are organized specifically for sports, physical, mental and sensory disabilities, while the "Special Olympics" is used exclusively for sporting events for intellectually disabled persons serious. The first International Special Olympics Summer Games were held in 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. The Special Olympics Aquatics events are part of athletics (track and field), badminton, basketball, bocce, bowling and cycling in a large number of others. |
