Sports / Fitness

cricket (sport)

a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps --wikipedia

Eliud Kipchoge's sub-two-hour marathon

"Kipchoge completed the challenge with an official time of 1:59:40.2, an average speed of 5.88 metres per second (21.2 km/h; 13.2 mph)." --wikipedia

World swimming (FINA) bans transgender athletes from women’s events

Calibration of this decision

GuerrillaZen Fitness (YouTube channel)

Corrective Exercise + Holistic Health + Injury Prevention + Bio-Optimization + Functional Fitness --channel

backward running as a sport

"Running (aerobic)" is at 350 in TvF.

Why I Stand, by [NBA player] Jonathan Isaac

On July 31, 2020, the Orlando Magic starting forward Jonathan Isaac was the lone NBA player not to kneel for the national anthem amid a league-wide demonstration in support of Black Lives Matter --amazon.com

Pilates

"a mind-body exercise that requires core stability, strength, and flexibility, and attention to muscle control, posture, and breathing" --wikipedia

Wimbledon banning of Russian players

The All England Club (AELTC) -- the Wimbledon organizers -- said the decision was made to "limit Russia's global influence through the strongest means possible." —espn.com

rugby

Points can be scored in several ways: a try, scored by grounding the ball in the in-goal area (between the goal line and the dead-ball line), is worth 5 points and a subsequent conversion kick scores 2 points; a successful penalty kick or a drop goal each score 3 points —Wikipedia

hacky sack

Request: a small, round bag usually filled with plastic pellets or sand, which is kicked into the air as a part of a game or as a display of dexterity.

Lia Thomas

First openly transgender athlete to win an NCAA Division I national championship --wikipedia

Elliott Hulse (YouTube channel)

strongman, strength coach, CEO Strength Camp. Father, father-figure, mentor to +200000000 men on YouTube --his website. By request.

Pre-workout

generic term for a range of bodybuilding supplement products used by athletes and weightlifters to enhance athletic performance. --wikipedia

motocross

motorcycle racing held on enclosed off-road circuits --wikipedia

first four-minute mile

Roger Bannister: "I was relaxing so much that my mind seems detached from my body" "It was incredible that we can run at this speed without strain" "It was only after the finish that real pain overtook me" (nice request, thanks!)