Sport etymologies

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How did the Yurchenko vault family end up named after one gymnast? Knockout was a boxing term before it became a general word for elimination How do old sports words preserve games nobody plays anymore? The term walkover started in horse racing rather than in team sport The word gymnasium comes from the Greek for training naked Why is a decisive game called a rubber match? Where does the word underdog come from and why is the origin disputed? How the birthplace of a sport shapes its official terminology The word athlete comes from a Greek word for contest rather than for running Why is a local rivalry called a derby? Captain and capital both come from the Latin word for head Where does the word hat-trick come from? Why do we say an athlete is in the zone? The word coach comes from a Hungarian word for a carriage Why is a substitute called a bench player?

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