Competitive sports

Japanese: 競技スポーツ - きょうぎすぽーつ
Competitive sports

…If we look at an old British “Sports Dictionary and Encyclopedia,” we can see that it was only at the end of the 19th century that “hunting” receded and “modern sports” came to account for more than half of the entries. It was through the modern Olympic movement that the meaning of the word “sport” was firmly established as “competitive sports.” Even so, the early modern Olympic Games were still held in simple sports facilities, and it was not until after the 1924 Paris Olympics that the proper sports facilities were established. …

From [New Sports]

...After that, a rapid succession of new sports ideas were created, with their peaks occurring in the early and late 1980s. Similarly, in Europe and the United States, as lifelong sports became more diverse, the development and systematization of a new sports culture separate from competitive sports progressed. It is important to note that the background to the emergence of new sports as a global trend can be attributed to two cultural trends that began to gain popularity in Europe and the United States in the late 1960s.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "competitive sports" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリスの古い〈スポーツ辞典・事典〉をみてみると,〈狩猟〉が後退して〈近代スポーツ〉が半分以上を占めるようになるのは19世紀末のことである。 スポーツの語義が,まさに〈競技スポーツ〉に定着するようになるのは近代オリンピック・ムーブメントをとおしてであった。それでも初期の近代オリンピック競技会はまだまだ素朴な競技施設で行われており,一応の競技施設が整うのは1924年のオリンピック・パリ大会以後のことである。…

【ニュー・スポーツ】より

…以後,ぞくぞくとアイディア・スポーツが生み出され,そのピークは80年代初めと末に見ることができる。同様に,欧米でも,生涯スポーツの多様化とともに,競技スポーツとは別の新しいスポーツ文化の開発,体系化が進んだ。 こうした世界的な趨勢(すうせい)としてニュー・スポーツが登場する背景には,1960年代後半から欧米で高まりをみせた二つの文化的思潮があることに注目しておきたい。…

※「競技スポーツ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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