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Most people can think of a sport they would love to see in the Olympics.But they often don't realize how hard it is to have a sport included in the games.
A soprt needs to be well-organized and popular before the International Olympic Committee(IOC) will even consider it.An international federation must govern the sport by e_____(执行,施行) rules and making sure athletes meet Olympic standards.Moreover,men from at least 75 countries and women from at least 40 must play the sport.
However,even meeting those conditions isn't enough.The IOC
c_____(一贯地,前后一致地) tries to keep the number of athletes at about 10,000 for each Olympics.Since most modern Olympics already include that many athletes,introducing a new sport often means the removal of other events.
The country that hosts the games is allowed to suggest what new sports should be included.While new sports are
o_____(偶尔) added to the Olympics,most of them simply become an event in another spoort.In Beijing,open water swimming will become part of swimming,while women's
steeplechaeswill be added to
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The process of selecting new sports means Olympics have come to include some very
d_____(特殊的;有特色的) activities.While some sports have antient roots,others were not considered sports until fairly recently.
Some sports were invented specifically for the Olympics.One example is the modern pentathlon.The sport was inspired by the story of a French soilder who was ordered to deliver a message.The m_____(传令兵,信差) had to ride a horse,shoot at the enemy,andd_____(博斗) with a sword.Then he had to swim across a rivver before running to deliver the message.Today,like the solider in the story,modern pentathletes compete in riding,shooting, fencingswimming and running.Pierre de Coubertin,the father of the modern Olympics,introducing this sport in 1912.
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Archery disappeared the from Olympics only to return years later.It was an Olympic sport from 1900 to 1920,but then it was
n_____(疏忽,忽视) until 1972.Archery is a challenging sport that requires
archersto shoot arrows at targets look smaller than coins.
Some sports,like Judo,are included because they are popular in the country hosting the games.Japan introduced judo as an Olympic sport at the 1964 Tokyo games.Judo 's name means "the gentle-way,"but it is th only Olympic sport that lets athletes choke opponents or break their arms.Usually,throwing an opponent to the floor is enough to win.
Table tennis became an Olympic sport at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.This sport has more than 40 million professional players world wide.It also has several names including ping-pong,flim-flam,whiff-whaff and gossima.The game was originally a recreationalsubstitue for tennis,but now is very c_____(竞争的;好胜的) . These days,while the players are still very polite,table tennis is known for its a_____(好斗的;凶恶的) play.Player try to gain an advantage by staring down other players and trying their shoes to b_____t_____(词组:争取时间) .
While the Olympic already have a wide range of events,there are 29 sports still waiting for a_____(进入许可;允许入场) to the games.Maybe someday people from around the world will find themselves watching Olympic bowling,chess or sumo wrestling .
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April.28-30〖空中英语教室〗奥运会的运动项目(已奖)
