[noun] [U]Athletics (US track and field) is the general name for a particular group of competitive sports, including running, jumping and throwing.an athletics team/club/meetingWhen I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.See picture: Athletics -ation [suffix] - -ion (ACTION)See study section: Suffixes
ATHLETICS
Meaning of ATHLETICS in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012