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Beach Volleyball
A two-on-two outdoor variant of volleyball played on sand under stripped-down rules.
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List of Sports That Contain Y
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Cross-country Skiing
An endurance winter Olympic sport in which racers traverse a marked snow course using classic or skating technique.
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Cycling
A multi-format sport raced on bicycles across road stages, track ovals, mountain trails, and BMX dirt courses.
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Field Hockey
A team stick sport played on grass or turf where players strike a small ball into a goal.
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Gymnastics
A judged sport featuring acrobatic routines on apparatus or floor, rewarding strength, flexibility, balance, and choreography.
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Ice Hockey
A fast-paced team sport played on ice in which skaters shoot a puck into the opposing net with curved sticks.
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IndyCar
The premier American open-wheel motor racing series, blending oval, road, and street courses in a single championship.
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Inline Hockey
A fast team sport played on inline skates with hockey sticks and a puck or ball on a smooth indoor or outdoor surface.
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Kayaking
A paddle sport in which athletes sit in a closed kayak and use a double-bladed paddle on flatwater or whitewater.
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Muay Thai
A Thai striking martial art known as the "art of eight limbs" for its use of fists, elbows, knees, and shins.
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Rally
A timed motor racing discipline contested over closed public roads of gravel, tarmac, snow, or dirt in production-based cars.
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Rugby League
A faster, more open variant of rugby played thirteen-a-side with a structured set of six tackles per possession.
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Rugby Union
A full-contact team sport played with an oval ball where players advance by running, passing backward, and kicking.
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Synchronized Swimming
An aquatic Olympic sport blending swimming, dance, and gymnastics in choreographed routines performed in a pool.
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Underwater Hockey
A submerged team sport in which snorkellers push a heavy puck across a pool floor using short curved hockey sticks.
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Underwater Rugby
A three-dimensional team sport in which divers wrestle a slightly negatively buoyant ball into a heavy basket at the pool floor.
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Volleyball
A team net sport where two sides volley a ball over a high net, allowing three touches before returning it.
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Wrestling (Freestyle)
An Olympic combat sport in which competitors use throws, takedowns, and pins, with attacks allowed across the whole body.
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Xingyi Quan
A Chinese internal martial art built on linear striking and animal-form movements, with both performance and sparring competitions.
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Yabusame
A Japanese mounted archery sport in which a rider gallops down a straight course and shoots three wooden targets in turn.
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Yachting
A competitive sailing discipline raced on keelboats and large sailing yachts over inshore or offshore courses.
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Yoga Sport
A judged competitive form of yoga in which athletes hold a sequence of postures and transitions evaluated on technique and grace.
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