Decline and Revival of the Olympic Tradition The Olympics Through the Years The Olympic Games, which originated in ancient Greece as many as 3,000 years ago, were revived in the late 19th century and have become the world’s preeminent sporting competition. From the 8th century B.C. to ...
There is often fierce competition to be the host city. In 2008, Beijing hosts the Games and in 2012 they will be held in London. Vocabulary: The site of a battle:the place where a battle happened Legend:a very old story that may be based on facts Exhaustion:the state of being so ...
Learn about the Olympics and understand how the Olympic games are held. Explore the Olympics history, including the first Olympics, and see famous...
The Games were, for all intents and purposes, a religious festival and a great excuse for close to 40,000 Greeks to travel from far and wide to gather under the guise of God and/or Gods to watch sports and/or to sell their wares outside the stadium. It was also the ideal time to...
Some Interesting Facts Here are some of theOlympics history factsthat will intrigue you: The symbol of the Olympic Games, the Olympic flame, is in the memory theft of fire by Prometheus from Zeus. It is still being lit in Olympia by 11 women using a parabolic mirror to reflect the sunligh...
Olympic Games 奥运会 英文介绍 热度: 2012伦敦奥运会 london olympic games 英文 热度: 奥运历史 TheOlympicGamesarebelievedtohavebegunmorethan3,000yearsago,althoughwrittenrecordsonlyexistfrom776BC. TherecordsshowthattheseGamesconsistedofactivitiesthatweretheskillsofsoldiers,likeboxing,javelinthrowingandmarathonrunning...
Number of gold medals won by Michael Phelps Number of medals stripped from Russian athletes Athletes and Records Fastest athletic event Longest standing Olympic record First time where the number of women's and mixed events outnumber men-only events Viewership and Revenue First games to ...
There are many strange and fascinating facts buried in the long, bizarre history of the Olympics. The Summer Olympics of 2016 look almost nothing like ...
The Olympic Games: Fast Facts Historian Yohuru Williams dives into the history of the Olympic Games. Watch now StoriesSee All Featured How Jesse Owens Foiled Hitler’s Plans for the 1936 Olympics The African American track star hardly derailed Nazi plans for global disruption, but Jesse Owens di...
Like every year of an Olympics, the flame was lit in Greece and then carried in a relay to its ultimate destination: the site of the Olympic Games. Thousands of people were torchbearers, and they traveled on foot, on horseback, by train, and in aircraft to get the flame to London. ...