The most dangerous sports

Oddly enough, combat sports such as boxing or mixed martial arts are not considered the most dangerous. But cycling or swimming (especially in open water) is often fatal – on average, more than one fatality per 100,000. 

Sport, presented on the website 360 bet, is a great way to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but some sports can harm your health. The most dangerous sports are listed below.

• Boxing is one of the most dangerous sports because the goal is to hit the opponent. Head injuries can be severe and even lead to death.
• Mountaineering requires high physical fitness and courage. However, the danger of falling from a height and falling rocks or snow can lead to severe injury or death.
• Snowboarding is a high-intensity sport that can lead to severe head and spinal injuries.

It should be remembered that safety in the sport depends on the experience and training of the athlete, as well as on following safety rules and using the necessary protection. However, even if you follow all the rules, danger cannot be ruled out, so you need to be especially careful when practicing any sport.

Base jumping

Basejumping is adrenaline at its purest. The base jump can last only a few seconds, and the parachute opens 15-40 meters from the ground – imagine that adrenaline rush. Base jumpers jump from anywhere: high-rise buildings, construction cranes, mountain slopes, and cliffs.

Heliski

The most traumatic sports can’t be imagined without heliskiing. Athletes challenge untouched mountain slopes: they are brought to the top by helicopters, and then only speed, snow, and adrenaline booster in the blood.

Despite the presence of an avalanche detector and other tools for survival in the event of a snowfall, fatalities are not uncommon for heliski.

Climbing

Rock climbing debuted at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but the extreme is away from the Olympic halls and marked tracks. Instead, climbers challenge the most impregnable heights on our planet: mountains, cliffs, and even waterfalls. Moreover, climbing often takes place without insurance – extreme climbers rely solely on their grip strength and endurance. 

Rafting

Man, inflatable boat, and the relentless flow of the mountain river – this is rafting. The speed of the stream can reach five meters per second, and many trails of the highest, sixth category remain unconquered.

Depending on the complexity of the route, both beginners (only under the supervision of a qualified instructor!) and professionals can go rafting. Watching people in an inflatable boat challenge the turbulent water streams hiding rocks is fascinating and scary.

Official rafting championships have been held since 1998 in five disciplines: sprint, parallel sprint, slalom, long race, and multisport.

Surfing

Haitians invented surfing, and now the sport attracts thousands of people who can try to ride a wave. Shark attacks on people are sporadic, although such cases are always in the news. The main danger to the surfer is a big wave. Big wave surfing is a different sport that attracts the most adrenaline-seeking surfers. World championships have been held since 2014.

Streetlagging

Fans of the Winter Olympics, particularly luge, will find straight lagging familiar. Except that athletes on sleds ride on a track with sides. But there is no safety net in straight sledding: extreme athletes race at crazy speeds on longboards on slopes on paved slopes. 

This sport was considered illegal for a long time because of its traumatic nature. Then, and only recently, allowed in some countries. Most injuries athletes get during braking because it has to do with improvised means – trees, rocks, or bushes.

Motocross

Motorcycling itself is dangerous. Remove the road, and add rocks, sand, and dirt to taste – an excellent recipe for a deadly sport. Adrenaline-seekers race on tracks that can be scary: narrow trails on the edge of a cliff, dense forests, rocky slopes – everything is suitable for motocross.

Cyclocross 

If, in the case of motocross, racers are helped by the motorcycle engine, in cyclocross, athletes have to rely only on their strength. Bikecross was recognized as a sport in 1902, and the first world championship was held in 1950 in France. The main tournament is held annually in late January.

Italian gentlemen dress up in classic 16th-century pants and take to the sandy field with an obvious goal: to score a goal against their opponent and prevent them from scratching against their own. The main difference between Florentine soccer and classic and even American soccer is precisely what makes it a dangerous sport. Opponents are allowed to stop by any means, be it fist-fighting or wrestling.

If you come across a broadcast of a Florentine Calcio match, you won’t understand for a while: is it a battle of gladiators or still a type of soccer?

Basque pelota

First, the National Basque game is dangerous due to the ball’s speed: the rubber ball weighs about 140 grams and travels at more than 300 kilometers per hour – higher than in tennis or baseball. There are several versions of the game; the most extreme involves using special chutes instead of rackets, thanks to which the ball accelerates to such a speed. 

Players take turns directing the ball into an eight-meter wall – the loser is the one who lets the ball touch the ground twice. But if you imagined the unusual squash, it is worth adding extreme: in the most challenging variety of pelota – a team game.

The exotic sport has managed to be an Olympic discipline: in 1900, the Spanish and French teams competed for gold medals at the Olympic Games in Paris, and the Spaniards won.

Bullfighting

Whether to consider bullfighting a sport is not for us to decide. But this thrillingly deadly and popular attraction deserves mention in this ranking. Bullfighting aims to wear down the bull and then kill him. The health of the bullfighter hangs by a thread: a second delay, and he is mounted on the horn of a wild animal.