bedömningssport

English translation: judged sports

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Swedish term or phrase:bedömningssport
English translation:judged sports
Entered by: Michele Fauble

14:11 Sep 22, 2020
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation
Swedish term or phrase: bedömningssport
This refers to sports where the contestants win based on getting scores from judges or the like, such as figure skating, gymnastics, diving, etc.
ehnsio
Sweden
Local time: 06:07
judged sports
Explanation:
Whereas Bernard Suits argued that judged sports such as diving and figure skating are aesthetic performances rather than games, ...
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/On-Judged-Sports-Hurka...


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Getting rid of judged sports in the Olympics will not eradicate the disappointment that athletes can feel if they don’t medal.
https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/judged-sports-in-the-ol...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-09-22 19:25:52 GMT)
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Second - judged sports don't belong in the Olympics.
https://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view...

Some amount of bias is probably inevitable in judged sports.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/1...

Among judged sports, figure skating uses a unique method of median ranks for determining placement.
https://epubs.siam.org/doi/pdf/10.1137/1.9780898718386.ch39

What are the characteristics of judged sports?
https://www.coursehero.com/file/p5ahr41e/What-are-the-charac...

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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 21:07
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Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3judged sports
Michele Fauble
4point-based sports // score-based sports
Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
2tariff sport
Diarmuid Kennan


  

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52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
tariff sport


Explanation:
This term is sometimes used

Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 05:07
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
point-based sports // score-based sports


Explanation:
see also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Score_(sport)

I was about to suggest 'competitive sports', but this might not quite catch the meaning.



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https://www.betfair.com.au/hub/tennis-modelling-points-based...

Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
Germany
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of: German
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
judged sports


Explanation:
Whereas Bernard Suits argued that judged sports such as diving and figure skating are aesthetic performances rather than games, ...
https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/On-Judged-Sports-Hurka...


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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-09-22 19:18:14 GMT)
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Getting rid of judged sports in the Olympics will not eradicate the disappointment that athletes can feel if they don’t medal.
https://www.wellingtonadvertiser.com/judged-sports-in-the-ol...

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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-09-22 19:25:52 GMT)
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Second - judged sports don't belong in the Olympics.
https://beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view...

Some amount of bias is probably inevitable in judged sports.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2014/02/1...

Among judged sports, figure skating uses a unique method of median ranks for determining placement.
https://epubs.siam.org/doi/pdf/10.1137/1.9780898718386.ch39

What are the characteristics of judged sports?
https://www.coursehero.com/file/p5ahr41e/What-are-the-charac...



Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 21:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

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agree  Christopher Schröder
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agree  SafeTex: Yeah, that better
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