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Rundown of the Sports Disciplines @ Rio 2007

by Sasha Manuel on July 28th, 2007

panamerican-h-logo.gifJust to give you guys an idea — esp if you’re relatively new to this world sporting event — on the kinds of sports/disciplines/events that are played during the 2007 Pan American Games, which is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Archery Artistic Gymnastics Athletics Badminton
Baseball Basketball Beach Volleyball Bowling
Boxing Canoe Flatwater Cycling BMX Cycling Mountain Bike
Cycling Road Cycling Track Diving Equestrian
Fencing Field Hockey Football Futsal
Handball Judo Karate Modern Pentathlon

Rhythmic Gymnastics Roller Skating - Artistic Roller Skating - Speed Rowing
Sailing Shooting Softball Squash
Swimming Synchronized Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo
Tennis Trampoline Gymnastics Triathlon Volleyball
Water Polo Water Ski Weightlifting Wrestling

This list reminds me of the kinds of events played during the Commonwealth Games, probably because of the sport, Squash. There certainly is a variation in the events. I like the fact that they held competitions over Futsal, Canoe in Flatwater, Beach Volleyball, Water Polo, Trampoline Gymnastics, and even Rollerskating with events in Artistic and Speed!

Definitely tapped into more specific sports that you don’t get in other international competitions. It helped put the spotlight on athletes excelling in them. Coolness.

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