Alphabet Game -SPORTS

[James Durrant]

L = Langlauf ,   Crosss country sking

[Sharla]

M = Medal

[Dorothy Donn]

N - Naval Pentathlon — comprises an obstacle race, life-saving swimming race, utility swimming race, seamanship race, and an amphibious cross-country race.

[Corrie Kinkel]

N = Nascar Racing

[Corrie Kinkel]

Sorry Dorothy we were almost at the same moment, so I'll try O

 

O = Open Water Swimming

[James Durrant]

P = Pole Vaulting.

[Bonnie Ballentine]

Q = quick serve...serving before your opponent is ready.

[Sharon Murray]

R - Relay race

[Ann Seeber]

S = Shuttlecock — the English name of the sport Jianzi, like badminton played with the feet (Shuttlecock is also the name of the object that is hit in Badminton).

[Bonnie Ballentine]

T = triple jump

[Ann Seeber]

U = Uneven Bars — an artistic gymnastics apparatus used only by female gymnasts comprising a pair of parallel bars set at different heights (also called asymmetric bars).

[Michele]

V = Vault (speaking of gymnastics, Ann.)

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

W = World Championship

[Ann Seeber]

X = XC Skiing — races over snow-covered terrain while wearing skis.

[Sharla]

Y = Yak Polo which is apparently a Mongolian variation of Polo played on yaks instead of on horses.

[Corrie Kinkel]

Z = Zorb Football,  a team sport in which the players are encased in an inflated bubble called zorb.  Thanks to google!

[Michele]

A = At-Bat

[Bonnie Ballentine]

B = back spin...in raquet/paddle sports

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

C = Canadian football.  (Although I do not know the difference.)

 

 

[Sharla]

D = Darts

[Bonnie Ballentine]

E = Erne...a pickleball trick shot.

[Sharon Murray]

F - football

[Jannette Nieuwboer]

G =Giro Olanda

[Corrie Kinkel]

H = Horse racing

[Ann Seeber]

I = Irish Road Bowling — competitors attempt to take the fewest throws to propel a metal ball along a predetermined course of country roads.