Athletics: this is what kind of sport? Athletics in Russia

Athletics is a complex sport that includes many kinds of different disciplines, for good reason it is considered the queen of sports, and even the expression "Faster, higher, stronger" can be attributed to it by 2/3. At the first time the ancient Greek Olympic Games track and field athletics was the main sports program. And since those times to this day it is the most popular and the most important of the sports. Basically such popularity is caused by that for playing sports there is no need for expensive equipment. Thus, the countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia are still winning prizes in various disciplines.

It is thanks to world development, great popularity and constant evolutionary progression that athletics is the "queen of sport" (the title that it received in the second half of the 20th century). For several decades, there was not a day that this title could be canceled. Athletics continues to be "at the head" of the sports world and has great honor.

History of occurrence

In fact athletics was known long before ancient Greece, thus, many centuries BC. E. Peoples from Africa and Asia regularly held competitions. But the first documentary recordings, dishes, clay tablets, frescoes and drawings, which talked about the first exercises, developing strength (running and others), naturally came to us from ancient Greece. But here's the paradox, the Greeks attributed all the power sports to weightlifting, and it's no accident, because throwing hammers or marathons at super long distances can hardly be called athletics, so the division is rather arbitrary. By the way, running is one of the oldest competitions of athletes, it was the only sport in the first Olympic Games, which are dated 776 BC. E. Since that time, much has changed, and now thanks to the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, this was largely reflected in athletics.

Emergence in Russia

The development of sports took place all over the world, athletics of Russia was not left out. The first race was held in 1888. This year is considered the beginning of track and field athletics in Russia. The first all-Russian championship was held in 1908, since that time the Federation of Athletics of Russia constantly conducts competitions in these sports, the winner of which is an athlete or a team that could demonstrate the best result in the final attempts of technical disciplines or races. All championships take place in several stages, with the exception of running, mnogobory and walking.

Types of Athletics

Athletics is a sport that combines a lot of different disciplines, among them you can note:

• All-around.
• Running (different types and distances).
• Throwing shells (core, spear, hammer, disk).
• Jumping (triple, in height, with a pole, in length).
• Walking.

Naturally, among all sports, the most popular is the running discipline. This is due to their accessibility and ease of supporting their health and body in a sporty manner, but this does not mean at all that athletics is just running. All over the world, other sports are common, but if they need additional equipment or a sports form, then for running you will only need comfortable clothes and shoes.

Gymnastics

Sports and artistic gymnastics also belong to athletics, the only difference is that the first is multidisciplinary, and exercises in it are performed on shells and on the floor. At the same time, there are specific women's sports and there are men's sports. Competitions in gymnastics are held within the framework of the Olympic Games, European and world championships, where both individual and team competitions take place. Thus, gymnastic exercises are part of the compulsory, and it can be stated with certainty that athletics is gymnastics!

Modern Athletics: doping

If you look at the root of the sport, it will be seen that it is not only testing its capabilities and improving results during fair training, but also thanks to various drugs, which in the modern world are referred to as doping. 40 years ago, doctors and professional athletes stated that athletics is a sport in which people have already reached their maximum.

Despite the fact that doping is a huge harm to the body as such, it destroys the whole idea of fair competition and the identification of the best. "The plague of modern sports," as doping is called, is hardly anyone's ability to stop. Doctors come up with new methods to bypass control. Even there is an opinion that modern competitions are not the struggle of athletes, but their doctors, because because of the introduction of commerce in sports, the personal achievements of the athlete and his profitability in returning the invested funds come first.