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Sports in the 2009 World Games

Official sports

Invitational sports Skydiver about to land Parachuting, or skydiving, is an activity involving the breaking of a free-fall from a height using a parachute. ... It has been suggested that Primitive Archery be merged into this article or section. ... Field Archery One of the great attractions in archery is the diversity of shooting styles, the seemingly endless variations of equipment and of course the great variety in courses and targets that can be shot. ... This article is about the various cue sports. ... Carom is a board game. ... This article is about the various cue sports. ... Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. ... Professional Bodybuilder Gustavo Badell posing Bodybuilding is the process of maximizing muscle hypertrophy through the combination of weight training, sufficient caloric intake, and rest. ... Boules /bul/ is a collective name for games played with metal balls. ... On the beach at Nice, France Pétanque is a form of boules where the goal is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a jack (a small wooden ball called a cochonnet in French, which means piglet). ... A bowler releases the ball. ... Ten Pin Bowling Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport and recreation in which a player (the bowler) rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic (polyurethane) lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible. ... A wood-and-canvas canoe evokes the heritage of canoeing in North America. ... Canoe polo (called kayak polo in some countries) is a competitive ball sport played on water, in a defined field, between two teams of 5 players, each in a kayak. ... Rock climbers on Valkyrie at The Roaches in Staffordshire, England. ... An amateur dancesport competition at MIT. Dancesport denotes dance as a sport activity. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Fin Swimming is the progression of a swimmer using fins either on the water surface or under water, using only muscle strength. ... Fistball is a very old sport which continues to be practiced all over the world: in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia. ... A Wham-O Professional Frisbee Frisbee redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ... Rhythmic gymnasts from Greece in the 2000 Sydney Olympics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which single competitors or pairs, trios or even more manipulate one or two apparatuses: Ball, Clubs, Hoop, Ribbon, and Rope. ... Sports acrobatics, or sport acrobatics, is a fairly recently developed sport which can be competed in pairs or groups on the floor, or individually on a tumble run. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Tumbling can have several meanings: Tumbling is floor gymnastics, similar to somersault, backhandsprings, and cartwheels. ... A youth at the peak of his jump on a home trampoline A trampoline is a gymnastic and recreational device consisting of a piece of taut, strong fabric stretched over a steel frame using many coiled springs to provide a rebounding force which propels the jumper high into the air. ... Jujutsu (also jujitsu, ju jitsu, ju jutsu, or jiu jitsu; from the Japanese 柔術 jūjutsu gentle/yielding/compliant Art) is a Japanese martial art. ... For other uses, see Karate (disambiguation). ... A korfball match in the Netherlands between Trekvogels and OZC Korfball (Dutch: Korfbal) is a team ball game, similar in many ways to mixed netball. ... The RLSS Bronze Medallion Lifesaving is the saving of life through the prevention of accidents, personal survival and the rescue of others. ... The international orienteering symbol. ... The bench press is one of the three events of powerlifting. ... Racquetball racquet and ball Racquetball is a sport played with racquets and a hollow rubber ball on an indoor or outdoor court. ... Inline skaters competing. ... Roller hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. ... A rugby union scrum. ... Bold text // Rugby sevens being played at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, which was held at Melbournes Telstra Dome. ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... Tug of war Tug of war, also known as rope pulling, is a sport that directly pits two teams against each other in a test of strength. ... // Water skiing began in 1922 when Ralph Samuelson strapped two boards to his feet and rigged a clothesline up to his boat on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota. ... Barefooting Barefoot skiing is water skiing behind a motorboat without the use of skis, commonly referred to as barefooting. Barefooting requires the skier to travel at higher speeds than conventional water skiing. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

• Beach handball
• Dragon boat race
• Indoor hockey
• Tchoukball
• Softball
• Wushu

Beach handball is a team sport where two teams pass and bounce a ball trying to throw it in the goal of the opposing team. ... A more specific term for dragon boat as a sport is dragon boat race, which is a team paddling sport on water, using very long and very narrow painted boats to which are attached decorative dragon heads and tails. ... Indoor field hockey is an indoor variant of traditional outdoor field hockey. ... Tchoukball is an indoor team sport developed in the 1970s by Swiss biologist Dr. Hermann Brandt, who believed that His aim was to develop a team sport which did not involve the horrific injuries which he viewed as plaguing other such sports. ... Softball is a team sport, in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... Gun (staff) event at the 10th All China Games Wushu (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; literally martial arts), also known as modern wushu or contemporary wushu, is both an exhibition and a full-contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts. ...

External link

• Official site