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Which sport was started thousands of years ago as a primary means of transportation?

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Horse riding would be a logical answer seeing as it was the primary means of transportation in multiple places of the world for thousands of years.

Dog-sledding is less likely but could still be an answer.
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Answer: The correct answer is : Cross-country skiing

Explanation: Ski means wooden stick, it was used almost 5000 years ago at the beginning in Scandinavia to travel on snow. It is believed that it could have started in 600 BC. in what is now China. There were troops with skis equipped for war. In Norway, military skiing competitions were organized.

A second option would be Dog-sledding.

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