Track and Field is the best sport there is

Second of all, let's get to my arguments. I will restate the definition of a sport: An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. I'll take the first part of that statement. An activity involving physical exertion. Track is probably the sport that challenges athletes the most physically overall. Sure, swimming and water polo are very physically engaging sports. However, these sports do not challenge the athlete in the variety of different areas of physical fitness quite like track. Hurdles and high jump test flexibility, while sprints test pure speed, power, and reaction time. Distance events test endurance, and throws test brute strength, while pole vault tests almost all of the above. Athletes must push their bodies to the absolute limit, striving for physical perfection. A track and field athlete, in order to be successful, must be in prime physical condition. For an athlete of almost any other sport (aside from swimming), while it is advantageous to be in good physical shape, an athlete can be the best without being in the best condition of any athlete in their sport. Look up a picture of Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, and then look up Kevin Durant or Tiger Woods, the best athletes in their respective sports. Although both of the latter two men are in good physical condition, Usain Bolt is in noticeably superior shape to both of these men. Therefore,the track athlete (especially the decathlete) is a physically superior athlete to any other sport. For example, the Olympic champion and world record holder in the decathlon, Ashton Eaton, is considered the world's fittest athlete. [. http://www.outsideonline.com...] The next part of the definition of a sport reads, simply: and skill. Many people may state: oh, all you do is run around a track. It's not that hard. However, as I stated above, I am arguing for the sport of track and field. In track and field, there is a very large variety of events that one can be skilled in. Learning hurdles, javelin throwing, discus-hurling, high jumping, pole vaulting, and long jumping is no easy task, and requires many different kinds of skills. To compare this to basketball, one needs to know how to dribble, pass, and shoot. Although these skills may take a long time to master, so do those of hurdling, javelin-throwing, etc. Basketball can be hard to be skilled at, but not quite as hard as being a decathlete. So track and field requires copious amounts of physical ability and skill. The last part of the definition of a sport is: that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. Track and Field has the longest-standing set of rules and customs in the history of sports. In fact, the discus throw, 200 meter dash, and 400 meter dash were included among the first Olympic events, which date back to 776 B. C. Track and field is the longest standing sport existing that still retains its basic rules today. [. http://www.olympic.org...] Track and field is also always undertaken competitively. You cannot run track and field without having winners and losers, or it loses the sport's essence. However, pickup basketball games can be played where no score is taken, the same can be said for football, volleyball, etc. Due to the aforementioned reasons, track and field is definitively the best sport in existence.