Sports Word Scramble #2 — Answers

Answers for Sports Word Scramble Set 2, with notes on each discipline, including why the Tour de France leader wears yellow.

#1easy

Japanese martial art built on throws and holds.

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AnswerJUDO

The name translates roughly as the gentle way, since it redirects force rather than meeting it.

#2easy

Twelve rounds, two gloves, one ring.

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AnswerBOXING

The Queensberry Rules of 1867 introduced gloves and the three-minute round.

#3easy

Facing backwards while going forwards, fast.

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AnswerROWING

An eight is steered by the coxswain, the only person in the boat facing the direction of travel.

#4medium

Three weeks, one yellow jersey.

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AnswerCYCLING

The Tour de France leader's jersey is yellow because the sponsoring newspaper was printed on yellow paper.

#5medium

Freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly.

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AnswerSWIMMING

Butterfly began as a legal variation of breaststroke before becoming its own event in 1952.

#6hard

Beam, bars, vault and floor.

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AnswerGYMNASTICS

The balance beam is ten centimetres wide, about the length of an adult hand.