Fill in the Blanks Sports of the Summer Olympic GamesOnline version Complete the paragraph by MARIO DANIEL ORELLANA DIAZ 1 Sports of the Summer Olympic Games As the time of the Olympic Games approaches , the world is once again becoming interested in the sports of this international event . is called cycling and it consists of the competitors racing along a course to reach the finish line . The fastest cyclist wins . There are not very many contact sports in the Olympic games . is probably the sport where the opponents have the most contact . Boxers wear specially designed and punch each other until one of the competitors falls to the and stays down . is one of the more elegant sports . Divers dive off of a diving board into the water . They should keep good form and sometimes dives should include tricks . and are two popular sports in the United States . Baseball uses a small hard ball . A pitcher throws the ball and the batter hits it with a bat and runs to the bases . When the player reaches home base , he gets a point . In basketball , a court is used as a field . Typically the game is played inside and the players try to throw the ball through a hoop . In the cities where the Olympic games are held , pools must always be part of the structures used . is one of the most watched sports of the Olympics . The athletes swim back in forth in their lanes and the swimmer with the fastest time is the . Text written by : Kayla Victoria Updik e
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