Top 10 Most Difficult Sports In The World

10. Cross Country Running: Cross Country Running is a type of sport where individuals or teams run a race on open-air courses generally 4 – 12 kilometers long over natural terrain. The event is typically organized during autumn and winter but in some scenarios it may be organized in a wide range of temperatures to create maximum difficulty. Cross Country Running was started in the 19th century in England where the schools started participating in cross country races as early as in 1837. The first recorded national cross country championship was held on Wimbledon Common in south-west London on 7th December, 1867. The first international cross country race was organized on 28th March, 1903, at the Hamilton Park Racecourse in Scotland.
9. Freestyle Wrestling: Freestyle wrestling is a form of amateur wrestling that is practiced by many wrestling fanatics all over the world. It is one of two styles of wrestling besides the Greco-Roman Wrestling that is contested in the Olympic Games. The ultimate goal of these sports is to pin down the opponent to the mat which results in the victory. Freestyle wrestling is one of the four main styles of global wrestling according to the international governing body for the sport, United World Wrestling.
8. Horseback Riding: The horses are trained to perform a set of skills on the course or to achieve great speed and the co-ordination between the horse and the jockey or the horse rider has a great impact on the event. Many historian claims that trained horses were first ridden in approximately 4500 BC, where numerous other historians doubted that horses were ridden long before this claim
7. Bull Riding: Bull Riding is the most popular type of Rodeo sports where the rider attempts to stay mounted while the bull attempts to buck off the rider. The rider must stay for eight seconds atop the bucking bull and due to the risk it is often referred as “the most dangerous eight seconds in sports.” Bull riding was derived from the Mexican Charreada. One of the earliest variant of Bull Riding called Jaripeo, a hacienda contest, was developed during the 16th century where the riders rode the bull until it stopped bucking or till the rider dies. A Texas Ranger named H. L. Kinney staged the first Anglo-American organized bullfight in 1852 in the southwest.
6. Water Polo: Water Polo typically played in at least 1.8meters deep pools with a water polo ball that floats on the water. The game comprises swimming, catching and shooting the ball using a single hand. The game is considered to be originated as a sort of “water rugby” in the late 19th century in Scotland. William Wilson first organized a set of rules for a team water ball game called “aquatic football” in 1877.
5. Figure Skating: Figure Skating was first introduced in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London as the first winter sports in Olympic. The International Skating Union is the governing body of international Figure Skating that includes the Winter Olympics, the World Championships, the Four Continents Championships, the European Championships and the Grand Prix of skating. Figure skating blades used in this sport is typically 4.7mm thick with a slight curve of an arc of a circle having a radius of 180-220cm.
4. Motor Cross: Motocross is believed to be originated from motorcycle trials competitions in the United Kingdom. The earliest reference of the origination this sport can be found in the first quarterly trial of the Auto-Cycle Clubs in 1906 and the Scottish Six Days Trial in 1909. The word “Motocross” is a combination of Motocyclette, the French word for motorcycle, with “cross country”. The first ever scramble race or modern Motocross was held in 1924 at Camberley, Surrey.
3. Skiing: This sport is internationally governed by the International Olympic Committee and the International Ski Federation. The earliest reference of Skiing was found in a primitive carving located in Rødøy in the Nordland region of Norway depicting a skier with one pole from circa 5000 B.C. Skiing was first primarily used for transport and Military ski races were held during the 18th century in Norway.
2. Swimming: It is internationally governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation. The earliest reference of swimming was found in paintings dates back to the Stone Age around 8000 B.C. The reference of swimming can also be traced in ancient books such as the Bible, the Quran, the Gilgamesh, the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Beowulf
1. Gymnastics: The Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique founded in 1881 governs the competitive gymnastic events internationally, with each country having its own national governing body. Modern gymnastics was first developed by three pioneer physical educators in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century Germany, in the form of exercises for young men and boys, on apparatus.

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[violetalvarez]

To all those saying gymnastics is easy, they make it look easy, when in reality they probably spent months trying to learn just one skill. Gymnastics requires STRENGTH, FLEXIBILITY, BALANCE, DETERMINATION, AND A SMILE.

[elisewestlund]

I think all sports really hard in different ways. But they all require determination, strength,
and practise! :-)

[crippledcrusader]

Being a Cross country runner myself, I can confirm it deserves its place on this list. Like swimming and cycling, XC is mostly a mental sport

[Susanna-ihwx]

personally the hardest sport i have done is gymnastics. But then everyone is different and some people are better at certain sports then others.

[LockheedMartinEnjoyer]

triathlon is the most hardest as it requires more uses of your entire body muscles to do all 3 activities(swimming, biking, and running) without a long period of rest between them.

[xiocarranza]

Being a former gymnast I know what these people mean I did Gymnastics for 7 years from 3 pm to 9 pm every day Monday through Friday and on weekends from 7 am to 9 pm all those people who say that swimming is harder good luck convincing anyone you cant get seriously injured in swimming unless you are a dumbass in gymnastics you have to balance on the the beam doing double backs, aerials, back handsprings, and so much more my friend tore a ligament during one practice and was out for almost a year any small mistake counts as a deduction like take an extra step, ? deduction, bra strap showing? deduction one hair in your face? deduction, toes not pointed? deduction, not smiling? deduction compared to swimming gymnastics is harder think the opposite good luck no one will agree with you

[ScarlettLoveMSP]

Everyone saying gymnastics is not hard ARE U KIDDING you are super funny whoever is saying that because gymnastics u need grace strength power you have to have form point your toes one step out deduction good spacing or deduction stay in the lines or deduction ALL the tiny mistakes you get a deduction you have to do twists and flips on a tiny small thing called a beam and flips of vault tables its not easy to get all these things for one skill there is even more hard things required for each skill but im not going to say

[joshuabrown]

I hope you realize that the picture you used for "freestyle wrestling " is not freestyle, it's actually folk-style wrestling but it's okay because you obviously never wrestled before or it would be number one

[trevorcobelo]

Wheres ice hockey. Imagine playing now your favorite sport on skates. Toughness strength speed charisma endurance and a lot of heart are all required maybe it shouldn't be number 1 but is should probably be in here

[happyhammysprinkles]

Any sport can be hard for some people and easy for some people, for me, gymnastics is easier than things like swimming or horseback riding and every has their own bias.

[SnowWolf]

id like to point out that bull riding is not a sport, and im always happy when i see the bull impale the riders and let them bleed out

[Piss_Kink_Ken]

I have heard from several People's that have Been doing ironmans, long distance swiming, marathon and allmost any other verry demanding sports but they all say Rowing is the toughest

[anitodorova]

I am a swimmer and a have to say it is reaally hard. You must train EVERY single day and if miss just one practise, it causes too much. Sometimes you train so hard but in competitions there is no results. Sometimes you could be the best but the next time to be last. Something else- you train about 1000 hours just to break 1 second of your time .🏊

[kyoto]

I will tell you what I feel are the five most demanding sports in order. 1.Boxing2.Mixed Martial Arts3.College Wrestling4.Rugby5.Gymnastics I chose the first four due to the fact that they are all very tough contact sports. American Football would be number 6, because although there is tackling, and blocking involved they use pads unlike Rugby. Moreover, some players, especially in professional Football are overweight. They may be muscular, however select Football players have too much fat content on their bodies. I put Gymnastics fifth, because of its degree of difficulty, but feel that the sports with the most stamina are grueling contact athletics.

[heathergraham]

Horseback riding should be first I have done swimming, gymnastics, figure scatting, skiing and horseback riding and trust me horse back riding is the hardest 😶 because you have to control a horse which is so heavy 😕 so please change this

[rosie.]

I don't understand why trick riding isn't on here it deserves a little bit more than gymnastics because it is basically gymnastics on a moving animal with it's very own brain imagine doing what you do but your bars, mat, vault, and beam are moving super fast and you must control them now you have a feeling of what we do I have done BOTH sports and trick riding is harder I meen NO OFFENCE to anyone in the slightest I was just wondering why it wasn't on the list that is all.

[MsSimp-fydd]

am I the only one wondering why wrestling is 9?

[IAP_mkt]

motocross is definitely tougher then skiing.. i did both and i'm sure its thougher than swimming too

[jakeogden]

swimming should he tied or above gymnastics, people don't understand how hard swimming is and how much you trainimg is put into it. I played football and basketball for years and they don't even compare to the difficulty of swimming competitively. I've never done gymanastics but I've known friends who do it and I truly respect how hard it is, so I think those two should be tied for #1

[notdevall]

You copied the exact list of another YouTube channel that did this top 10!