Summer Olympics Games – Tokyo, Japan in 2020

The Summer Olympics Games is one of the biggest international sporting events. In which a different city around the world hosts the event every four years with the next Summer Olympics Games. Taking place in Tokyo, Japan in 2020. Organised by the International Olympic Committee, the Summer Olympics showcases. The best and most talented athletes around the world. Awarding gold medals for first place, silver medals for second and bronze for third.

Below you will find few of the different sports offered at the Summer Olympic Games with some of the more popularly watched games.

Badminton:

Badminton is a court-based sport played between two (known as a singles game) or four (known as a doubles game) people. Participants use a racquet to hit a shuttlecock (a projectile made from feathers or plastic with a cork base) across a net at the center of the court. To score points, a contestant must strike the shuttlecock and ensure it lands in the opponent’s half of the court. Badminton has been played at the Summer Olympics Games since 1992.

Boxing:

Boxing is a combat sport contested between two people within the confines of an indoor square-shaped ring. Both participants wear protective gloves and strike one another to score points for a number of “rounds” (pre-determined chunks of time, usually a few minutes). A participant can also succeed by physically knocking the opponent out. Boxing has a long and illustrious history. Can be dated back to the Summer Olympics Games events held in Ancient Greece.

Road Cycling:

Road cycling is the most common and popular form of bicycle racing in the world. It involves participants riding bicycles on paved roads, attempting to reach the finish line in the fastest possible time. Road cycling involves both individual and team events and has been a regular part of the Summer Olympics Games since the game’s first began.

Golf:

Golf has only featured at the Summer Olympic Games on a sporadic basis, although it remains one of the more popular competitive sports worldwide. Golf involves competitors using a club to strike a ball into a hole on a course. The fewer “strokes” it takes for a participant to land the ball in the hole, the better they score. Courses can vary in shape and size, although grass is the most common form of terrain.

Rhythmic Gymnastics

It is a sport that involves the use of one or two items of gym apparatus to produce particular athletic moves and shapes. Ropes, balls, hoops, ribbons, and clubs are all examples of apparatus utilized in a Rhythmic Gymnastics performance, with participants scored by a panel of judges. This sport is most popular with female athletes and was introduced into the Summer Olympic Games back in 1984.