Athletics
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Project history and brief introduction

Athletics or say athletics sport is a full name of athletics events and all-around game. Calculate of results with height and distance length such as jumps, throwing programs called "field". With time calculation of results such as race walking and running programs called "track". Athletics competition compose by field and track events, highway road running, running and cross-country race, moreover all-round project also includes part of the field and track events.

According to records, the earliest athletics competition is at the first ancient Olympic Games held in Greece Olympic village of the year 776 BC. Only have one project-----scurry, it is a straight runway, 192.27 meters long. By 708 BC., on the 10th Olympic Games long jump, discus, javelin and field event officially joined in. At that time only allowed to man participate in the games women can not even watch the games, the offenders shall be put to death.

In order to promote exchanges sports and cultural of the Olympic committee in East Asia, in the district representative put forward the council to held East Asian Games (East Asia Games) advice on the first Olympic committee meeting on September 15, 1991. In November of the same year, in the second East Asian countries to IOC coordination meeting athletics item event join in to the East Asia Games formally.

Watching etiquette:

1. Advance enter the field and sit, both respect for athletes and will not affect other audience.

2. When national anthem played on award ceremony, every audience should stand up and quiet.

3. When athletes began to jump, throwing or project approach, don't make any noise or walking around on bleachers.

4. When athletes eventually failed to leapfrog higher height, audience should give the athletes warm applause to encourage them.

5. When a sprinter stand at the starting line and declared clerk began to introduce the players should give a warm applause, to show the athletes our love and support. But when the referee send a “ready”command all audience should maintain absolute quiet .

6. In the marathon and so on some long projects competition, audience should give applause to the athletes far behind when they run to the end with their willpower.

Love action such as love our home, smoking is not allowed in the venue, mobile phone must be on vibration mode.

Source: Enorth.com.cn