3. swimming
Swimming has been a
sport at every
modern Summer
Olympics.
It has been open to women
since 1912.
It has the second largest
number of events after
Athletics.
5. History
Archery has a long history – many prehistoric cave paintings of
bows and arrows shown as hunting equipment can be found.
Bows and arrows were found in Tutankhamen's tomb.
Archery contests were described in the poem the Iliad and the
Odyssey written by the ancient Greek poet Homer.
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12. UNDERWATER BOXING
ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
The hits You can’t stay
won’t hurt. underwater for
a long time.
Underwater
boxing is It’s difficult
amazing. to have a lot
of spectators.
13.
14. A match between two players is made up of up to
eleven rounds of boxing and chess sessions,
starting with a four-minute chess round followed
by two minutes of boxing and so on.
Chess Boxing
Players may win by knocking out the other
player, checkmate,
a judge's choice,
or if the other player
runs out of chess time.
15.
16. The tradition of cheese rolling has been taking
place for hundreds of years.
It occurs every year on Coopers Hill in
Gloucestershire.
In this race a large piece of Double Gloucester
cheese is rolled down the hill, and the
competitors try to run after it in an attempt to
catch the cheese.
