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competition
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thumb|right|300px|Competition in Sport|sports. One selection of images showing some of the sporting events that are classed as athletics competitions.
Competition is a contest between individuals or teams who each try to achieve a goal better than the others, such as in sporting events where athletes compete to win. It matters because it motivates people to perform at their best, provides entertainment and engagement, and helps determine who has superior skill or ability in a particular activity.
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357,829 papers- Genetic Factors Influencing Sperm Competition.ReviewFrontiers in genetics · 2019Civetta A, Ranz JMDOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00820
- Competition: A Missing Component of Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) Risk Assessment and Planning.ReviewInsects · 2022Clarke AR, Measham PFDOI: 10.3390/insects13111065
- Competition, testosterone, and adult neurobehavioral plasticity.ReviewProgress in brain research · 2016Losecaat Vermeer AB, Riečanský I, Eisenegger CDOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2016.05.004
- The dynamics of competition and decision-making.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Morgan AJ, Neal A, Ballard TDOI: 10.3758/s13423-024-02523-2
- Competition-level code generation with AlphaCode.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Li Y, Choi D, Chung J et al.DOI: 10.1126/science.abq1158
- [The WorldSkills Competition: an opportunity to promote the trade].ReviewRevue de l'infirmiere · 2025Farota-Romejko IDOI: 10.1016/j.revinf.2025.07.017
- Optimizing recovery to support multi-evening cycling competition performance.ReviewEuropean journal of sport science · 2019Richard NA, Koehle MSDOI: 10.1080/17461391.2018.1560506
- Competition as a source of constraint on life history evolution in natural populations.ReviewHeredity · 2014Wilson AJDOI: 10.1038/hdy.2013.7
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thumb|right|300px|Competition in Sport|sports. One selection of images showing some of the sporting events that are classed as athletics competitions.
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero-sum game). Competition can arise between entities such as organisms, individuals, economic and social groups, etc. The rivalry can be over attainment of any exclusive goal, including recognition.