1. Getter Põru
C.R.Jakobson Gymnasium
Form 9.C
Supervisor:Marje Maasen
2012

2. * 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

3. * Host country chooses two sports
* IOC must confirm first
* Will not count in official medal
count
* No new sports in London

4. * Karate
* Squash
* Golf
* Roller sports
* Rugby sevens
* Final nominees:karate and squash
* Golf and rugby sevens in the 2016 games

5. * 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

6. * 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

7. * 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

8. * Use human powered vehicles
* Utilize rolling by gravity or various pushing
techniques
* Sports:Inline skating
Roller skating
Roller hockey
Roller skiing
Skateboarding

9. * Also known as seven-a-side or VIIs
* Seven players in team – usually fifteen
* Conceived by two Scottish butchers Ned Haig and David
Sanderson

10. * 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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