Sports Vocabulary
EXTREME SPORTS- British Council
EXTREME SPORTS VOCABULARY
The Commonwealth Games is an international sporting event involving athletes from 70 nations and territories connected with the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth Countries Map
http://www.thecgf.com/countries/
Commonwealth Youth Games
The first Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland in August 2000 where 733 Athletes from 14 countries competed in 8 sports over 3 days. The second edition of the Commonwealth Youth Games took place in Bendigo, Australia in December 2004 and saw over 1000 athletes and officials from 22 countries in a 10 sport programme. The third Youth Games were held in the Indian city of Pune from 12 - 18 October 2008 where 71 nations and territories participated in 9 sports.
Commonwealth Games and Para Sports For the first time in Games history, indeed at any multi-sport event in the world, a number of Para-Sports were included in a fully inclusive Sports Programme in Manchester 2002. 20 countries sent both male and female elite athletes with a disability to complete in 10 events across 5 different Para-Sports: Athletics, Lawn Bowls, Swimming, Table Tennis and Weightlifting.
Paralympic Sports Games A guide of 28 paralympic sports.
Joan Barres i Sanz
Emilia Falco i Pascual R. Huedo
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