About Athletics

An introduction to the group of competitive sports known collectively as "athletics". Athletics is a name given to a particular group of sports, sports disciplines, and sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking, including track and field disciplines, road running, cross country running, and race walking.

Track and Field Sports
Includes information about athletics jumping sports, throwing sports, running, walking, and multiple sport competitions.

Wikipedia Introduction to Athletics
The history of athletics, indoor track and field, events in the group of sports known as athletics, and athletic world records for men and women.

Track and Field News
Athletics magazine founded in 1948 that includes articles and news about athletics world championships, Olympic athletics, coverage of the European athletics circuit, and coverage of United States high school, collegiate, and professional athletics.

See also:
All Sports by Name
General Information About Sports
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