The Olympics are the world’s most renowned international sporting competition. Today, there are two different games (summer and winter) with more than 50 sports, 80 countries, and 10,000 athletes total. However, these games did not start out this way. The ancient Olympics started in around 776 BCE in Olympia, Greece. They were devoted to Ancient Olympian gods, and served as a religious festival to honor Zeus. These games occurred every four years, and it brought people from all around Greece together
Have you ever thought about what the Olympic games in ancient Greece were like? Have you ever realized how different the games were then from games today? What I can say is that the ancient Olympic games were definitely unique.Everything in the ancient games were special starting from the sports and who could compete, the traditions of the games, and how the athletes prepared. To start, there were many different sports in the ancient Greek Olympic games.Athletes could participate in running events
International Olympic Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin. Adolf Hitler who was the Chancellor and the Nazi Party Leader turned the nation’s fragile democracy into a one party dictatorship which had control of all aspects of German life which also extended to sports. To a large extent, Hitler and the use of propaganda during the 1936 Olympics was successful in promoting Nazi Ideology both nationally and internationally. The Nazis made elaborate preparations for the August Summer Games by skilfully
Scottish competed in games for centuries to test each other's strength and grit. The Roman people had gladiators and chariot racers to test battle skills and might, but more recently the world has competed in the intense modern Olympic Games. These modern games have developed from a relatively small competition to now including thousands of athletes from hundreds of countries. The achievements of athletes make up only part of the history of these Olympics. The roots of these olympics came from ancient
the Olympic Games; where only the world's finest athletes are eligible to participate and the competition is at an all time high. The Olympics offer a wide variety of sports: from ruthless and aggressive sports like basketball and wrestling, to mostly passive sports like archery and rifle shooting; on the other hand, a lot of people complain about the fact that there are sports missing in this world renowned tournament. Some wish that squash, cricket, and softball be included in the Olympic Games;
gold medal in athletics at the Olympics. It was in 1928 in Amsterdam. Later he was presumed dead after a plane crash, but after months in a coma woke up and aim to join the American team of the Berlin Olympics of 1936 was drawn. The girl who lost the train "Princess Olympic" Elizabeth Robinson, better known as Betty Robinson, has gone down in history of the Olympic Games as the first woman to earn a gold in athletics. First woman to take a gold in athletics at the Olympics, his story is not without its
I. The Winter Olympics are held every four years beginning with the first in Athens, Greece 1896. These games are the largest sports showcase in the world, attracting thousands across the world. The seven events that were showcased were performed on snow and ice. Compared to the Ancient Games, the Modern Olympics are hosted by a different city, featured in a different country. While the Ancient are held for eight days, the Modern Olympics are held for sixteen days. For each country the Opening and
With the information I have collected I should be able to show how the Games started and how they evolved to become one of the world’s best sporting event. They may be seen as a heritage of some sort. Some of the history records show us that the Olympic Games can be found to have started during the 776 BC. These games were a dedication to the ancient gods and were performed on ancient plains of Olympia. They played out for an estimated 12 centuries till an emperor by the name of Theodosius ordered
Women in Olympics Women did not just get to participate one day to the next just because they said “can I play?” Can you imagine how much the men would have laughed if their daughter/sister/wife asked if they could join the game. “No you can nott, you are a girl.” And that was the end of the argument. It took women a long time to get to where they are today. Women today participate in the Olympics, world cups, competitions. But we are still not there yet all the way. But how did women get there
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since 1964. The complete rules are extensive. But simply, play proceeds as follows: a player on one of the teams begins a 'rally' by serving the ball, from behind the back boundary line of the court, over the net, and into the receiving team's