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C.R.Jakobson Gymnasium

Form 9.C

Supervisor:Marje Maasen

2012

*First city to host Olympic Games three times

*Last Games were held in Beijing 2008

*In Beijing there were 28 sports

*In London will be 26 sports and 39 disciplines

*Host country chooses two sports

*IOC must confirm first

*Will not count in official medal

count

*No new sports in London

*Karate

*Squash

*Golf

*Roller sports

*Rugby sevens

*Final nominees:karate and squash

*Golf and rugby sevens in the 2016 games

*A martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in the

19th century

*A striking art using punching, kicking, knee and

elbow strikes

*A karate practitioner is called a karateka 空手家

*A high-speed racquet sport

*Played by two players

*A four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball

*Developed in the 12th century in France

*A precision club and ball sport

*Players use clubs to hit balls into a series of

holes on a golf course using the fewest number

of strokes.

*Modern game of golf originated in 15th century

Scotland

*Use human powered vehicles

*Utilize rolling by gravity or various pushing

techniques

*Sports:Inline skating

Roller skating

Roller hockey

Roller skiing

Skateboarding

*Also known as seven-a-side or VIIs

*Seven players in team – usually fifteen

*Conceived by two Scottish butchers Ned Haig and David

Sanderson

*A fictional sport in the story of Harry Potter

*Developed by British author J. K. Rowling

*Played by wizards and witches around the world

*Two teams of seven players riding flying broomsticks,

using four balls and six elevated ring-shaped goals

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