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From The Independent 14. 10. 2007

Sport and games

By Curt Graham

People all over the world are fond of sports and games. That is one of the things in which people of every nationality and class are united. All kinds of physical exercises are very useful to make our bodies strong enough to keep ourselves fit and healthy. The most popular outdoor winter sports are shooting, hunting and hockey, in the countries where the weather is frosty and there is much snow - skating, skiing and tobogganing. Some people greatly enjoy figure skating and ski jumping. It's so nice to go to the skating rink or to the forest on a frosty sunny day! Summer affords excellent opportunities for swimming, boating, yachting, cycling, gliding and many other sports. Among outdoor games football takes the first place in public interest; this game is played in all countries of the world. The other games that have firmly established themselves in favor in different countries are golf, lawn ten­nis, cricket, volleyball, basketball, and so on. Badminton is also very popular. All the year round many people indulge in boxing, wrestling, athletics, gymnastics and track and field events. Scores of young girls and women enjoy calisthenics. Over the last few years aerobics has become popular with young girls. It helps them to be slim, healthy and strong. The founder of this kind of sport was a well-known American actress Jane Fonda. Being a great enthusiast of aerobics she has been trying to initiate many young women from all over the world into this sport. Among indoor games the most popular are billiards, table tennis, draughts and some others, but the great international game is chess, of course. The results of chess tourna­ments are studied and discussed by thousands of enthusiasts in different countries. So we may say that sport is one of the things that makes people kin. To cut the long story short, I should admit that everyone must do all he can to be healthy. Physi­cally inactive people get old earlier than those who have plenty of exercises. If you do daily exercises you feel refreshed, have a good posture, and that makes you feel good. I can add that good health is better than the best medicine. You have "A sound mind in a sound body," as the old Latin saying goes. The English proverb "Sickness in the body brings sickness to the mind" expresses a similar idea, but from a different point of view.

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From The Sun 16. 01. 2008

Gymnastics

By Collin Austell

Gymnastics is exerсrises for the balanced development of the body, practiced usually in a room or building called a gymnasium. In Greece the gymnasi­­um was originally a place of training for the Olympic Games and other athletic contests. By the end of the 4th century B.C. the gymnasium became an educational and cultural center for Greek youths. Modern gymnas­tics date from the early 19^th century, when Ludwig Jahn established several Turpllitze in Berlin. Gymnastics spread on the Continent, to England, then to the United States, and became part of the modern Olympic meets. Gymnastics became part of the American school cur­riculum, were adopted by the army, and became a college sport in the United States. Besides free calisthenics, the principal gymnastic basis in the United States are the side and long horse, the parallel and horizontal bars, trampoline, rope climbing, the fly­ing rings, and tumbling. Except for rope climbing, which is scored on speed, events are scored on the events of form, execution, and difficulty of optional exercises. There are competitions for women as well as for men. All around champions are selected on the basis of excellence in a number of events. Team competitions are scored on the basis of total points for all events. The Amateur Athletic Union holds annual national championship meets for men and women.

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From The Independent 10. 10. 2010