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Winter Sports Described in Ten Words

We asked a few winter athletes to explain their sports in ten words.  Can you figure out what sports they’re trying to describe?
 
a. “Try to stab opponent with precise timing, distance, and technique.”
b. “Intense, perseverance, mentality, hard-work, grind, excitement, pumped, success, mindset, physical.”
c. “Game on ice hitting pucks into nets with fancy sticks.”
d. “Two players hitting ball against a wall one bounce.”
e.  “Try to get the ball in the hoop swish yeah.”
f. “Falling fast down a slippery slope while weaving through gates”
g. “Painful but fun. Racing is exciting. What a great team.”


a. Sport: Fencing Credit: Kenny Lu ’19
b. Wrestling Credit: Owen Sherman ’19
c. Hockey Credit: Maeve Stauff  ’21
d. Squash Credit: Cyrus Illick ’19
e. Basketball Credit: Sam Phelan ’18
f. Skiing Credit: Charlie Mason ’19
g. Swimming Credit: Kristina Yarovinsky ’18
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