sports in the uk
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SPORTS IN THE UK• Britain is a nation where sport is
taken seriously. • Most people have a sport that
they play or that they watch. • What do you think is the most
popular sport in the UK?....
CABER TOSS• The competitor must lift and
throw a tree trunk (caber) as far as they can.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28QFio97Nnk
Cheese rolling
• In Gloucestershire in England there is an strange sport where competitors have to run down a hill after a cheese!!!
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpzEF0D2xfE
Bog snorkelling
• Competitors must swim 2 lengths of a trench in peat bog.
• It takes place in Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAh7e9d45_Y
Olympics• In this years olympics Great Britain won a
total of 67 medals making them second position.
• UK Sport spent £274.5m of National Lottery money funding Olympic sports for the Rio Games.
• This means sports stars can train full- time.