extreme sport

English

Noun

extreme sport (plural extreme sports)

Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts.
Base-jumping is called an extreme sport, but I think it should be called an insane sport.

Synonyms

action sport
adventure sport
adventurous sport

Translations

sport

Chinese:
Mandarin: 極限運動, 极限运动 (jíxiàn yùndòng)
Danish: ekstremsport c, ekstremidræt c
Finnish: extreme-urheilu, ääriurheilu, äärilaji
French: sport extrême (fr) m
German: Extremsport (de) m

Italian: sport estremo (it) m
Japanese: エクストリームスポーツ (ekusutorīmusupōtsu), 極端なスポーツ (kyokutan na supōtsu)
Malay: sukan ekstrem
Russian: экстрема́льный вид спо́рта m (ekstremálʹnyj vid spórta), экстри́м (ru) m (ekstrím) (colloquial, anything extremely risky)
Spanish: deporte extremo
Swedish: extremsport c

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