Olympic Sports

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Every four years, the world's best athletes gather to compete across a huge range of disciplines. This puzzle covers ten sports featured at the Olympic Games.

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Gymnastics

A sport judged on strength, flexibility, and grace across events like the beam, vault, and rings.

Swimming

A sport contested across strokes and distances in the pool, among the most-watched events at the Olympics.

Archery

A precision sport where competitors shoot arrows at a target from a set distance.

Fencing

A combat sport where competitors score points by striking each other with a foil, epee, or saber.

Wrestling

A hand-to-hand combat sport in which competitors try to pin or control their opponent.

Rowing

A sport where athletes propel a boat using oars, competing in events with one, two, four, or eight rowers.

Cycling

A sport contested on roads, tracks, and mountain trails, testing speed and endurance on a bike.

Diving

A sport judged on the grace, form, and difficulty of a competitor's entry into the water from a springboard or platform.

Sprinting

A track event focused on covering a short distance as fast as humanly possible.

Triathlon

An endurance event that combines swimming, cycling, and running back to back in a single race.

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