Olympics

Currently there are 28 summer sports on the Olympic Games programme for this year. Approximately 10,500 athletes are expected to participate in this year’s games. Did you know that the 28 summer sports break down into 302 events?! Some of the sports are: archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe/kayak flatwater, canoe/kayak slalom, cycling BMX, cycling mountain bike, cycling road, cycling track, diving, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics artistic, gymnastics rhythmic, trampoline, handball, hockey, judo, modern pentathlon, rowing, sailing, shooting, softball, swimming, softball, synchronized swimmimg, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling. Interesting aye?! See any sports you could try for? So keep doing your swimmimg lessons, bouncing on your trampoline, riding your BMX and playing table tennis! They are Olympic sports!