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Is NASCAR the fastest sport in the world. Some people have a diffrent idea they say the fastest sport is jai alai. Pronounced HI-lie, the game was first played in parts of spain and France. Jai alai players use a basketlike racket to fling a ball off three walls of a jai alai court. When its in play, the jai alai ball sometimes flys thru the air at 150 mile per hour. Jai alai was first play in the United States in the early 1900's.

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Is NASCAR the fastest sport in the world? Some people have a different idea. They say the fastest sport is jai alai. Pronounced HI-lie, the game was first played in parts of Spain and France. Jai alai players use a basketlike racket to fling a ball off three walls of a jai alai court. When it's in play, the jai alai ball sometimes flies through the air at 150 miles per hour. Jai alai was first played in the United States in the early 1900's.


Note of additional intereset: We received a message from a reader who wanted us to know that badminton, not jai alai, is the world's fastest sport: "Badminton is the fastest sport in the world with shuttles reaching speeds of up to 332 kilometers per hour (206 miles per hour). Fu Haifeng of China set the unofficial record July 3, 2005."

Article by Gary Hopkins
Education World® Editor in Chief
Copyright © 2004 Education World

08/06/2004
 

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