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Extreme sports. Founded. 1998. X Games Asia, also called the KIA X Games Asia or World Extreme Games, is a sports event which focuses on extreme sports. The inaugural World Extreme Games were held in Phuket, Thailand, in 1998. [1] They were held in Phuket until 2001, Kuala Lumpur from 2002 to 2004, Seoul in 2005 and in Shanghai 2014 [2] to 2015.
There is no precise definition of an 'extreme sport' and the origin of the term is unclear but it gained popularity in the 1990s when it was picked up by marketing companies to promote the X Games and when the Extreme Sports Channel and Extreme International launched. More recently, the commonly used definition from research is "a competitive ...
Powerlifting Singapore. Powerlifting Singapore is the governing body for the sport of Powerlifting in Singapore. Powerlifting Singapore provides fair, drug-tested competitions nationwide, from local to National and International events. Powerlifting Singapore is recognized under the Asian Powerlifting Federation (APF) and the International ...
Recreational. The most popular sports in Singapore include outdoor sports like football, swimming, track and field, rugby union and cycling as well as various indoor sports like badminton, table tennis and basketball. Floorball has a young history in the country, but is gaining popularity. [ 2]
Sport Singapore was founded on 1 October 1973 as the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), through the merger of the National Sports Promotion Board (NSPB) and the National Stadium Corporation (NSC). [1] On 1 April 2014, the SSC was renamed Sport Singapore in a rebranding exercise.
It features Singapore's first bungy jump, as well as a giant swing and a vertical wall for extreme sports, and a skybridge for leisure viewing of the Sentosa beachfront. Headrock VR opened in late 2018 as Singapore's first virtual reality theme park. It is located at Resorts World Sentosa.
Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu, Sun Beibei, Yu Mengyu, Li Jiawei [ 8] Table tennis. Women's Team. World Table Tennis Championship. 2011. Tao Yi Jun, Tay Yu Juan, Emily Sin. Wushu. Women's Dulian. World Wushu Championship.
Multi-sport events in Singapore (4 C, 8 P) Women's sports competitions in Singapore (1 C, 87 P) Defunct sports competitions in Singapore (1 C, 2 P)