The most popular sport at the moment is athletics. She is also called the Queen of Sports. All elements of athletics, such as running, jumping, walking, are used in everyday life. They, as components, are included in all other sports. Therefore, without improvement in athletics, there are no good results on other sites.
Olympic athletics are divided into five sections: running, jumping, all-around, walking, throwing. The program of men's disciplines at the Olympic Games has not changed since 1956. A total of 47 sets of awards are played, thus athletics is the most medal-intensive sport.
Running disciplines: sprint, middle distance, long distance, hurdling, relay. These competitions are one of the oldest in the program of the Olympic Games, they were held already in 1896.
For track and field running, specially equipped stadiums with tracks are needed (8-9 in summer and 4-6 in winter). The width of each of them is 1, 22 m. The tracks are provided with markings indicating the start, finish and the corridor for passing the baton of the baton.
At the Olympics, the judges must look at the photo finish in order to resolve controversial issues. Competitions are recorded on video, then the athlete and the coach can determine their mistakes and successes. Major competitions are held in several preliminary rounds to highlight the final group by results.
Summer athletics technical disciplines include: vertical high jump, pole vault, horizontal long jump, triple jump, discus throw, shot put, javelin throw, hammer throw.
Vertical jumps begin with overcoming the bar at the minimum test height. The athlete is given three attempts for each of them. In this case, the athlete can transfer any number (of three) remaining attempts to the next height. If the results of the athletes are equal, the competitor who spends the fewest attempts gains the advantage. A jump is considered successful if the bar remains on the barbells. The referee in this case raises the white flag.
A very difficult technical discipline is pole vaulting. It requires sprint qualities from an athlete, jumping ability, excellent coordination of movements. If during the attempt the pole breaks, the participant can repeat the jump with a different equipment.
The task of the athlete when performing the long jump is to achieve the highest speed during the take-off run and not to step over the limiting line. The athlete divides the exercise into four phases: take off, take off, flight and landing. The technique of athletes may differ - there is a flight "in stride", "bending" and "scissors" - each athlete chooses the most effective option for himself.
All-around is a combination of several athletics disciplines. Decathlon for men consists of: running one hundred meters, long jump, high jump, shot put, 400 meters running, 110 meters hurdling, pole vault, discus throwing, javelin throw, 1500 meters running. Women perform seven types: running 100 meters hurdles, shot put, high jump, 200 m running, javelin throw, long jump, 800 m running.
Race walking is a separate athletics discipline. The athlete must strictly observe the technique of its implementation - constant contact of the foot with the coating. Men compete at distances of 20 and 50 km, while women walk at 20 km.
