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Class of sport disciplines
Roller sports
are sports that use human powered vehicles which use rolling either by gravity or various pushing techniques. Typically
ball bearings
and
polyurethane wheels
are used for momentum and traction respectively, and attached to devices or vehicles that the roller puts his weight on. The international governing body is
World Skate
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Roller sports include the following disciplines
World Roller Games disciplines
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Since 2017
World Skate
has organised the
World Roller Games
, a biennial competition that now includes 11 world championships in one single event.
List of events:
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Olympic Disciplines
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Skateboarding
events have been introduced for the
2020 Summer Olympics
, with two events: park and
street
. Much like BMX cycling, the park event will feature what resembles an empty swimming pool.
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Competitors will have three timed runs for tricks. On street, there will be ramps and rails for routines and tricks. There will be a total of 80 total spots, with 20 in each event. Each country can enter a maximum of three athletes in each event.
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World Games Disciplines
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On the programme for the
2021 World Games
to be held in
Birmingham, Alabama
there are 4 roller sports disciplines; Artistic, Inline hockey, Speed Skating Road and Speed Skating track. Roller sports is the only sport on the World Games programme represented in three clusters. Speed Skating belongs to "Trend Sports", Artistic to "Artistic Sports" and Inline Hockey to "Ball Sports".
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Artistic and dance sports
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Martial arts
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Precision sports
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Strength sports
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Past official sports
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Invitational sports
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