How many categories are included in sports competitions? Such as track and field

The broad categories included in athletic competition are:

1. Track and field (track and field or Athletics).

Or track and field is the full name for field, track and all-around competition. Modern track and field sports are categorized differently, mainly including race walking, running, jumping, throwing and all-around sports consisting of running, jumping, leaping and throwing of some of the items, *** counting more than forty.

2, skill sports (sports acrobatics).

It is to tumble, balance, throw and other actions, and on this basis to complete a certain shape of the sports competition program. There are men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles, women's 3, men's 4, and other 7 programs . In addition to men's and women's singles and men's 4 people first set of movements, the rest of the project in the competition are accompanied by music.

3, rowing (rowing).

It is one of the traditional Olympic events. Rowing is a water sport in which one or more oarsmen sit on the boat, with their backs to the direction of the boat's advance, using their muscle power to row through the simple leverage of oars and oar racks to make the boat move forward. The boat can have a coxswain or no coxswain.

4, boxing (English: boxing; pugilism, French: Boxe).

It is the sport of fighting with boxing gloves. It has both amateur (also known as Olympic boxing) and professional nature of the game. The goal of the match is to score more points than the opponent in order to defeat the opponent or to end the match by knocking the opponent down. At the same time the competitor tries to avoid the opponent's blows.

5. Chess.

Also known as "Xiangqi", Chinese chess, a traditional Chinese board game, has a long history in China, and has been recorded in the pre-Qin period. It is a two-player antagonistic game, and has become an extremely popular and widespread chess activity due to the simplicity and fun of its equipment.

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