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Five athletes play this fast-paced, high-scoring game on each team, usually including two guards, two forwards and a centre.

Going the distance requires speed, strength and stamina, but no matter how long the race, there is always a sprint finish.

Athletes glide or spin to throw as far as they can without stepping out of the circle.

Propelled by a fibreglass pole, pole vaulters fly high over a rod using the approach of high jump combined with intense upper body strength.

The three-stage hop, step and jump springboards athletes to lengths that sometimes reach 10-times their body's height.

Competing in long jump is more than running and jumping: it's speed, stamina, flexibility and a series of calculated movements.

Competing in the hurdles is about rhythm, technique and speed and the slightest mistake can cost an athlete the race.

Throwing hammer is as much about footwork as it is about the upper body, but combining both with speed will determine the winner.

Tensions run high as teams of the world's top sprinters sprint to pass the baton to the next runner without dropping it.

The marathon made its debut at the first Olympics and has been the ultimate running endurance event ever since.