안녕하세요. 현우예요. Hi. I’m Hyunwoo.
Are you all following the Olympic matches(경기)? What is your favorite(가장 좋아하는) sport? I love watching all kinds of sport matches, but my favorite is gymnastics(체조)!! So if you have a favorite sport match that you never want to miss on TV during the Olympic Games period, here’s the list of the 28 major match names in English and Korean.
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- Modern Pentathlon = 근대5종 (geundae o jong)
- Basketball = 농구 (nong gu)
- Wrestling = 레슬링 (re seul ling)
- Volleyball = 배구 (bae gu)
- Badminton = 배드민턴 (bae deu min teon)
- Boxing = 복싱 (bok sing)
- Shooting = 사격 (sa gyeok)
- Cycling = 사이클 (sa i keul)
- Softball = 소프트볼 (so peu teu bol)
- Swimming = 수영 (su yeong)
- Equestrian = 승마 (seung ma)
- Baseball = 야구 (ya gu)
- Archery = 양궁 (yang gung)
- Weightlifling = 역도 (yeok do)
- Judo = 유도 (yu do)
- Sailing = 요트 (yoteu)
- Track and Field = 육상 (yuk sang)
- Rowing = 조정 (jo jeong)
- Gymnastics artistic = 체조 (che jo)
- Football = 축구 (chuk gu)
- Canoe = 카누 (ka nu)
- Table Tennis = 탁구 (tak gu)
- Taekwondo = 태권도 (tae gwon do)
- Tennis = 테니스 (teniseu)
- Triathlon = 트라이애슬론 (teu rai i ae seul lon)
- Fencing = 펜싱 (pen sing)
- Hockey = 하키 (ha ki)
- Handball = 핸드볼 (haen deu bol)
As you can assume, -구 means – ball, and -도 means – art (as in martial art).
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For those of you who know all the words above and want to know some more specific terms, please leave your request in the comment. And like I said, I LOVE the gymnastics games, so here’s a list of the match names in gymnastics. ^_^
- Floor Exercises = 마루운동
- Horizontal bar = 철봉운동
- Rings = 링운동
- Pommel horse = 안마
- Parallel bars = 평행봉
- Uneven bars = 2단평행봉
- Balance beam = 평균대
- Vault = 도마
- Gymnastics rhythmic = 리듬체조
- Trampoline = 트램펄린체조
- High Jump = 높이뛰기
- Long jump/Broad jump = 멀리뛰기/넓이뛰기
- Javeline = 창던지기
I hope this helps! Thanks for reading! ^^
