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Water Polo >> Fun Facts
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- Where did this sport begin?
- What's the estimated number of participants of this sport in the USA?
- How old is this sport?
- Men's water polo was the first team sport added to the Olympic program (1900).
- Women's water polo will make its Olympic debut in the Sydney Olympic Games (2000).
- Water polo players swim up to one and a half miles during the course of a water polo game.
- The water polo ball is the size and weight of a #5 soccer ball and is thrown at speeds of up to sixty miles per hour.
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