ATHLETICS

Athletics:


Athletics is an exclusive collection of sports events, including the functioning of a competitive, Jumping, throwing, and a walk. The most common types of athletics competitions are athletics, Cross-country running, running cross country, and walking. The simplicity of the professions, as well as the lack of need for expensive equipment, makes the Athletics one most ski sport in the world.

Headlines are the member clubs of the International Association of Athletics Federations and organized easy to trace ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC athletics meeting is the cornerstone of modern summer Olympic Games and other leading international meetings include the World Cup and World Championships and players with physical disabilitycompete at the Paralympics and World Championships — IPC.

Etymology:

The word comes from the Greek word "athlos", meaning "contest" or "tasks"Originally the term was used to determine athletic competitions in General — that is, the sporting competition based primarily on human physical Feats. In the 19th century in Europe — the term has a narrower scope definition and came to describe the competitive sports involving running, walking, jumping and throwing. This definition is most notable in the United Kingdom and most parts of the former British Empire. In addition to foreign words, many Germanic and Romance languages, which are associated with Athletics date at also have similar values.


Unlike in most of North America — is synonymous with athletic sports in General, to maintain the historical use of the term. The word "Athletics" is rarely used to describe the sport of Athletics in the region.

Competitions:

Athletics can be generally divided into three types: the international Championships, national championships and the annual meetings and races. The athletics competition at the international Championships or games are the pinnacle of competition in sports and they contested between athletes representing their country or region. Organization of these events is usually controlled by the athletics world, continental or regional organ. Athletes get entry into these professions, making a selection from their Athletics of the national authority, which is usually carried out by the evaluation of athletes by their past achievements or performances at events of national elections. National Championships are annual competitions, approved by the national managing authority, which are used for the purposes of determining the best athletes in each case. Annual meeting one day and races are the most basic level of competition and the most common format — contests. These activities are often free of charge and sporting organisations, promoters of sporting or other agencies.

Competitions usually have only one of the sport of athletics. However, a large open international competitions — and — stored as part of a sporting function is usually a combination of athletics, roads and racewalking events


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