Sports
Los Angeles 2028 Sports
At its core, boxing is a contest in which two combatants engage hand-to-hand for sport.
The six Olympic canoe/kayak slalom events are all contested by solo paddlers, with men and women competing in K-1 (kayak),…
The Olympic canoe/kayak sprint program became gender equal at Tokyo 2020 with the addition of women’s canoe events. Men and…
Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport in which two teams take turns batting and bowling.
There will be two forms of BMX contested at Tokyo 2020 – racing and freestyle. BMX racing has been included…
There are four specialties of mountain bike, but only cross-country was added to the Olympic program at Atlanta 1996.
Winter Olympic Sports
Freestyle skiing includes seven individual events for each gender, six of which include a judged component as skiers are evaluated…
In its basic form, hockey is a game played on ice in which teams try to score in their opponent’s…
Luge has its origins in tobogganing, one of the oldest winter sports. In modern luge, athletes compete on an ice…
Nordic combined incorporates ski jumping and cross-country skiing. It is the last sport on the Olympic program that is contested…
Skeleton is contested on an ice track. The athletes typically sprint alongside their sled for the first few seconds of…
Ski jumping at the Olympic Games is contested on two different hills, designated as “normal” and “large” based on the…
All Summer Olympic Sports
Beach volleyball takes the complexity of the indoor game and adds the difficulty of playing in sand, as well as…
At its core, boxing is a contest in which two combatants engage hand-to-hand for sport.
Breaking is being included on the Olympic program for the first time at Paris 2024. There will be two events:…
The six Olympic canoe/kayak slalom events are all contested by solo paddlers, with men and women competing in K-1 (kayak),…
The Olympic canoe/kayak sprint program became gender equal at Tokyo 2020 with the addition of women’s canoe events. Men and…
Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport in which two teams take turns batting and bowling.