Soccer
Football Club København (F.C. Copenhagen) is in many ways
both an old and a new club, for the fact remains that
even though the club was formed in 1992, it is nevertheless
rooted in over 100 years of club tradition. F.C. København
is unique in Scandinavia, as the clubs first team represents
two separate clubs: Kjøbenhavns Boldklub - KB - (mainland
Europe´s oldest club), founded in 1876, and Boldklubben
1903 founded in 1903.
Biking
"6 dages løb" (six-day-race) is a sports event that takes place once a
year. It is a really classic sport event in Denmark,
a bicycle race where the contestants race in pairs. The
race is run in a Ballerup Arena.
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One of the most famous bicycle races is the "Sjælland Rundt" (Zealand Round).
Yachtingg
Yachting is the sport that has won more medals
internationally for Denmark than any other sport. Denmark
won the world championships in 1999 and 2000.
The 11th X-Yachts Gold Cup was held in Copenhagen in 2008 - it was the largest keelboat regatta ever held in Denmark.
Gymnastics
Next after football, gymnastics is the biggest sport in Denmark.
It has about 300,000 gymnasts in several thousand clubs.
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