The chart below shows numbers of adults participating in different major sports in one area, in 1997 and 2017. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the participant numbers between 1997 and 2017 in seven different main sports: gentle walking, basketball, cricket, jogging, gym (aerobic), football, and hiking. Units are measured in thousands of

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. In general, gentle walking was the most

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sport in both

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basketball was the least participated. Almost all types of sports experienced an upward trend in terms of

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joining, except gym (aerobic) which stayed the same, and cricket which dropped across the

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in 1997, gentle walking led to exactly 50 and continued as the first with nearly 55 in the next 10

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, the second place, gym or aerobic, remains unchanged (35 in both

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). Meanwhile, jogging, football, and hiking were approximately the same at around 35 at initial. When football and hiking participants rose to just about 50 in 2017,

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who jog only grew a little within the same timeframe. In terms of the bottom two, the amount of

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who did basketball jumped by more than double.

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, cricket participants plummeted from slightly below 30 to even less than 10

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of the period.