Some sporting vocabulary!
| Diving | Plongeon |
| Swimming | Natation |
| Synchronized Swimming | Natation synchronisée |
| Water Polo | Water-Polo |
| Canoe/Kayak (sprint, slalom) | Canoë-kayak (course en ligne, slalom) |
| ------ | ------ |
| BMX | BMX |
| Mountain Biking | Cyclisme VTT (Vélo tout terrain) |
| Road Cycling | Cyclisme route |
| Track Cycling | Cyclisme piste |
| ------ | ------ |
| Artistic Gymnastics | Gymnastique artistique |
| Rhythmic Gymnastics | Gymnastique rhythmique |
| Trampoline Gymnastics | Gymnastique trampoline |
| ------ | ------ |
| Beach Volleyball | Beach-volley |
| Indoor Volleyball | Volley-ball en salle |
| ------ | ------ |
| Equestrian - Dressage | Sports équestres - Dressage |
| Equestrian - Eventing | Sports équestres - Concours complet |
| Equestrian - Jumping | Sports équestres - Saut d'obstacles |
| ------ | ------ |
| Freestyle Wrestling | Lutte libre |
| Greco-Roman Wrestling | Lutte Gréco-romaine |
| ------ | ------ |
| Archery | Tir à l'arc |
| Athletics | Athlétisime |
| Badminton | Badminton |
| Basketball | Basket-ball |
| Boxing | Boxe |
| Fencing | Escrime |
| Field Hockey | Hockey sur gazon |
| Football | Football |
| Handball | Handball |
| Judo | Judo |
| Modern pentathlon | Pentathlon modern |
| Rowing | Aviron |
| Sailing | Voile |
| Shooting (air rifle, pistol, skeet, trap) | Tir (carabine, pistolet, skeet/tir aux plateaux, trap) |
| Table Tennis | Tennis de table |
| Taekwondo | Taekwondo |
| Tennis | Tennis |
| Triathlon | Triathlon |
| Weightlifting | Halérophilie |
So as you can see, many words are the same (some with just a hyphen added) but some are totally different. I learnt a few new words by doing this exercise! :D
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