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The excitement is about to roll on 8th August 2008. Quite similar in appeal as Athens Games of 2008, Beijing Olympics 2008 is expected to turn out as a mega event. There will be around 302 events and 28 sports in Beijing Olympics 2008. In short, Beijing Olympics 2008 Sports will include 9 major events including the new cycling event and marathon swimming events for both men and women.
Beijing Olympics 2008 Sports is not only about team events, there are as usual individual events too like Boxing, Shooting and Judo. There will be different category sports in Beijing Summer Olympics 2008 like aquatics, archery, athletics, baseball, basketball, boxing, cycling, canoeing, equestrian, fencing, football, gymnastics, judo, handball, hockey, rowing, sailing, modern pentathlon, table tennis, softball, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, volleyball, wrestling and the popular weightlifting.
On the other hand some of the sports that won’t be a part of Beijing Olympics 2008 include cricket, croquet, water skiing, roque, golf, rugby, tug-of-war, power boating, rink-hockey, jeu de paume, polo, lacrosse, pelote basque and rackets. One of the best things about Olympic Games is that each year the International Olympic Committee, IOC, keeps on adding new list of sports to popularize these games round the world.
Initially Olympics started with just 9 sports, now there are over 35 sports, and out of these 28 are played in Summer Olympics and 7 are played in Winter Olympic Games. In 1896, Athens Olympics there were only few countable sports namely, aquatics, athletics, gymnastics, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, cycling, fencing and wrestling.
In today’s modern world, where women is coming at par with men, Olympics is not untouched. As compared to the ancient times, when there were hardly any women events in Olympics, there will be now 127 women sport events in Beijing Olympics 2008 against 165 men sports events. Moreover, there will 10 mixed events for both men and women. There won’t be just swimming in aquatics, but a variety of sports like synchronized swimming, water polo, water volleyball and other fascinating sport events in the up coming Beijing Summer Olympics Games 2008. The following is the list of sports to be contested at the games :
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling
- Diving
- Equestrian
- Fencing
- Field Hockey
- Football/Soccer
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Judo
- Modern Pentathlon
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Swimming
- Synchronized Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Water Polo
- Tennis
- Wrestling
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