Demonstration events were also held Defending in gymnastics .

Not counting gymnastics , a total of 31 events were held Defending .

Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games : athletics , aquatics , badminton , boxing , cycling , gymnastics , lawn bowls , shooting , weightlifting , and wrestling .

Cycling competitions Competition had been contested in every Summer Olympics programme since the first modern Olympiad in 1896 alongside athletics , artistic gymnastics , fencing and swimming .