Athleticism It is a great sport which has a group of disciplines that are grouped or organized in races, jumps, releases, combined tests, and march. It is the art of overcoming the opponent's performance in speed or endurance, in distance or even in height.
When we talk about overcoming the enemy, Y, This means that everything should be left in the area where you are going to compete, which entails maintaining an optimal physical state to perform at the best and to improve both in the rival and yourself.
Athletics and its etymology
In the Greek language we find the etymological origin of the term athletics. Specifically, we can determine that it comes from atletes, which comes to be defined as “the one who competes in a test determined for a prize ". And all this, there is no such Greek word that comes in turn, is in communication, the words aethos that is synonymous with effort.
The number of tests, both individual and team, have changed quite a while. However, in this article you can find current athletic discipline and athletic methods, where you will find a description of them. On the web we also have lyrics by 100 flat meters, jump, of length (length height, with pole ...),
Athleticism it is one of the few sports practiced universally, both at the amateur level and at the competitive level of any category. Being a sport it is very”simple”,
since it does not have great demands on the structure or technology, manages to attract followers in large numbers, what makes it a very popular sport.
The main Olympic event of antiquity was the test known as ” the stadium, that he had to travel a distance between 190 Y 200 meters that separated the two marble lines (representing departure and arrival).
Over the years other athletic events began to appear, like hell (competition and return) and the pentathlon (comprising discus and spear throws, run, long jump and fight).
After the conquest of Greece in the year of 146 BC, the Romans continued to develop the olympic events, although in the year 394 Emperor Theodosius abolished the games in decision that it was distributed over eight centuries.
In 1834, the English have agreed to introduce a series of minimum marks to compete in certain athletics. Sixty two years later, in athens, in, the Olympic Games started again although with some modifications.
Another important year for him Athletics it was in 1913, when the international federation of Amateur Athletics was founded (nowadays, the international association of Athletics Federations - IAAF). Today in, IAAF is the governing body for the authority on athletics worldwide, responsible for setting standards and providing official marks obtained by athletes.
