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100m race record holder Usain Bolt and other runners, Moscow, 2013. The word "sport" comes from the Old French desport meaning "leisure", with the oldest definition in English from around 1300 being "anything humans find amusing or entertaining". From giveaways to special offers, you don’t want to miss out! Sign up to receive our fun monthly newsletter and information on programs in your area. We exist to unlock the possibilities in every girl and woman through the power of sport. The statements, opinions and data contained in the journals are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publisher and the editor. Some sports, or individual competitions within a sport, retain a policy of allowing only amateur sport. The Olympic Games started with a principle of amateur competition with those who practised a sport professionally considered to have an unfair advantage over those who practised it merely as a hobby. From 1971, Olymp...