activation, active, aerobics, agent, aggressive, alternate, announcement, arrangements, assist, assistance, athlete, attendance, attraction, averages
balance, ball, basketball, beauty, berth, best, bicycle, bid, blood, blood pressure, body, bones, bounce, boxing, breath, breathe, bronze medal, butterfly stroke, buzzer
captivate, cardiovascular, challenge, champion, championship, charisma, charm, coach, collapse, commitment, competition, conditioning, conference, contingencies, contract, conversion, convert, coordination, courage, curfew, curling, cycle, cycling
defense, defensive, delegation, diet, disease, distraction, division, doctor, downhill, dribble, drive, drugs, dumbbells
elevation, emergency, endurance, energy, errors, evacuation, event, event, exalt, exaltation, excellence, exemplary, exemption, exercise, exertion, expectation
feature, finalist, firepower, fit, flex, force, foul, framework, free throw, fumble, function
games, goal, gold medal, grip, guests, guidelines, gymnasium
halftime, hammer, handlebar, health, healthy, herbs, hit, home run, hoops, hurtles, hygiene, hygienic
imagination, individual, infection, information, injunction, injury, insulation, interception, interpretation
jargon, joy, judge, judo, jump, jump rope, jumping jack
kick, kinetics
leader, league, legend, losing, loss, lucky, lumbar
magic, manager, margin, massage, masseur, mat, maximize, measure, medal, media, medical, medication, memory, metabolic, method, minimize, miss, moisture, moisturize, monitor, motivate, motivation, muscles
needs, nemesis, nervousness, news, nurse
offensive, official, opportunity, opt, optimism, option, outbreak, outstanding
panic, paraffin, pass, pedal, penalties, percentage, perform, performance, perimeter, perspiration, pessimism, petrify, physiotherapy, pitcher, plan, players, points, poll, position, possession, potent, power, power play, practice, preparation, prevention, professional, profile, program, promising, protect, protection, pulley, puncture
quads, quality, quest, quick, quintessential, quiver
ranking, rebound, recognition, record, recovery, recruit, regulations, rehabilitation, relax, reserve, resilient, resistance, response, responsible, risk, role, row, running, rush
sanitary, saves, scare, scenario, scent, scheme, scoreboard, scores, scoring, season, security, sedentary, sensible, shape up, shot, shut-out, silver medal, size, slide, soccer, speculation, spinning, spirit, sports, sportsmanship, squad, squat, stability, stamina, standings, statistics, strategy, streak, strength, stretching, stride, strong, sugar, superstition, supine, support, supremacy, suspension, symptoms
tackle, target, team, teammate, technical, terror, terrorist, testing, therapeutic, therapy, timeout, timing, tone, torch, torso, touch down, tournament, trainer, training, transform, tremors, trot, turnovers
unbelievable, underscore, unique, unrestricted, unusual
vaccination, valiant, valor, vault, venue, vibration, victory, violation, votes
waive, warm up, watchful, weary, weigh, weights, win, wince, winning, wisdom, withdraw, work out, world
yards, youth
zeal, zeal
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Summer Olympic Sports that Americans tend to prefer
Based on a survey of more than 1,000 people age 18+; respondents could choose more than one —- source: taylorpr.com
Gymnastics = 69%
Swimming/Diving = 62%
Track & Field = 46%
Basketball = 35%
Baseball = 32%
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