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Tennis

The longest tennis match ever lasted 11 hours

In 2010 at Wimbledon, two players named John Isner and Nicolas Mahut played a match that stretched across 3 days and 11 hours.

Afterward, the tournament gave them both a special trophy because nobody had ever done that before.

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Basketball

Wheelchair basketball is played in over 100 countries

Wheelchair basketball has the same rules as regular basketball — same hoop height, same 3-point line — and it's a Paralympic sport played all over the world.

Athletes spin and pivot at full speed without ever touching the floor.

Soccer

Kids' soccer is the most-played team sport on Earth

More than 250 million kids around the world play organized soccer — making it the planet's most popular team game.

You can show up to any park in almost any country and find a game.

Track

Two runners helped each other across the finish line

At the 2016 Olympics, runners Abbey D'Agostino and Nikki Hamblin fell during a race. Instead of running on, they helped each other up and finished together.

Both athletes were given a special sportsmanship medal — the highest honor in sport.

Skateboarding

A 13-year-old won Olympic gold in skateboarding

When skateboarding became an Olympic sport in 2021, 13-year-old Momiji Nishiya of Japan won the gold medal in street skating.

She landed tricks at the Olympics that pros had been working on for years.

Special Olympics

5 million athletes compete in the Special Olympics

The Special Olympics is the world's biggest sports program for athletes with intellectual disabilities, with over 5 million athletes in 170 countries.

Their motto is: 'Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt.'