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History portal; Sports portal; This category should include articles that are the high-level histories of each sport and not articles about specific topics which belong in relevant sub-categories. Note that in many cases the high-level history is in the sport's eponymous article only, pending a decision re creation of a separate history article.
For most of its history, rowing has been a male dominated sport. Although rowing's roots as a sport in the modern Olympics can be traced back to the original 1896 games in Athens, it was not until the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal that women were allowed to participate (at a distance of 1000 metres) – well after their fellow athletes in similar sports such as swimming, athletics, cycling ...
Study of the history of sport can teach lessons about social changes and about the nature of sport itself, as sport seems involved in the development of basic human skills (compare play). [ citation needed ] As one delves further back in history, dwindling evidence makes theories of the origins and purposes of sport more and more difficult to ...
Rwanda's first appearance at the Olympic Games was in 1984, [3] and its first appearance at the Paralympic Games in 2004. [4] The country sent seven competitors to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, representing it in athletics, swimming, mountain biking and judo, [3] and 15 competitors to the London Summer Paralympics to compete in athletics, powerlifting and sitting volleyball. [4]
A timeline looking back at the triumph, tragedy and push for change in the sports world in 2020.
The construction of Rwanda's first dedicated cricket ground will provide a permanent home for the sport, helping its development and increasing opportunity for thousands of disadvantaged young people. In 2012, Brian Lara agreed to become one of the patrons.
Repechage (/ ˌ r ɛ p ɪ ˈ ʃ ɑː ʒ / ⓘ REP-ish-AHZH, UK also / ˈ r ɛ p ɪ ʃ ɑː ʒ / REP-ish-ahzh; French: repêchage [ʁəpɛʃaʒ] ⓘ, lit. ' fishing out ' or ' rescuing ') is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round.
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