# Formation Flying Prep

THE GREAT DUCK MIGRATION! · challenge 3 · medium

> Captain Cosmos appears with flight pattern diagrams and tactical charts. "Formation flying requires perfect coordination! Which sport attracted the most athletes in 2024? The most practiced skill will determine our V-formation strategy for the dangerous journey ahead. If there's a tie, choose alphabetically - we need military precision for this migration!"

## Task

Return the name of the sport that had the most different athletes competing in 2024. If there's a tie, return the sport that comes first alphabetically. You will be working with the `performance_records` table to find the most popular sport in 2024.

## Tables

### `performance_records` (800 rows)

| column | type |
| --- | --- |
| duck_id | BIGINT |
| sport | VARCHAR |
| score | DOUBLE |
| competition_date | DATE |

### `duck_athletes` (50 rows)

| column | type |
| --- | --- |
| id | BIGINT |
| ssn | BIGINT |
| name | VARCHAR |
| age | BIGINT |
| hometown | VARCHAR |

## Data

The tables live in a DuckDB database: https://dbquacks.com/data/databases/athletic_champions.duckdb

To query it outside the browser, attach it read-only:

```sql
ATTACH 'https://dbquacks.com/data/databases/athletic_champions.duckdb' AS db (READ_ONLY);
USE db;
```

Play it in the browser: https://dbquacks.com/challenges/athletic/3

## Answer

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