Key Points

Athletics events are classified into Track events (running races), Field events (jumping and throwing), and Combined events which are a mix of both.

Decathlon is a combined event for men consisting of 10 track and field events. Heptathlon is a combined event for women consisting of 7 track and field events.

The first recorded organized track and field events were at the Ancient Olympic Games in 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece, which featured the stadion footrace.

The international governing body for athletics is the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF), established in 1912. In India, it is the Amateur Athletics Federation of India (AAFI), established in 1946.

A badminton match consists of the best of three games, with each game played to 21 points. A player must win by a two-point margin, except if the score reaches 29-29, where the next point wins.

A standard badminton court is 13.40 meters long and 6.10 meters wide for doubles. The net height is 1.55 meters at the posts and 1.524 meters at the center.

Men compete on six apparatuses: Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Roman Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, and Horizontal Bar. Women compete on four: Vault, Uneven Bars, Balancing Beam, and Floor Exercise.

The Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG) was formed in 1881. The Gymnastics Federation of India (GFI) was initiated in 1951.

Judo was invented by Jigoro Kano in Japan in 1882. The main objective is to score an 'Ippon' by throwing an opponent onto their back, which results in an immediate win.

An Olympic standard swimming pool is 50 meters long, 25 meters wide, and has 10 lanes. The water temperature is maintained between 25 to 28 degrees Celsius.

The four main competitive strokes in swimming are Front Crawl (Freestyle), Back Crawl (Backstroke), Breaststroke, and Butterfly.

A game of table tennis is won by the player or pair who first scores 11 points. If the score is tied at 10-10, a player must win by a two-point lead.

The playing surface of a table tennis table is rectangular, 2.74 meters long, 1.525 meters wide, and 76 cm above the floor.

Freestyle wrestling allows competitors to use their legs and hold opponents above or below the waist. Greco-Roman wrestling forbids holds below the waist.

For junior and senior wrestlers, a bout consists of two periods of 3 minutes each, with a 30-second break in between.

The Government of India honors outstanding sportspersons and coaches with awards like the Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, and Dhyan Chand Award.