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Thursday, 22 September 2016

Comparing the Ancient Modern Olympics

Comparing the Ancient and the Modern Olympics
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The Ancient Olympics were started by the Greek people in honour of their Greek God Zeus in 776 BC and which was 3000 years ago. The only countries that had competed was only the Greek people because at that time other countries haven’t heard about it, in that time in the Ancient Olympics they did not have that many sports and they had to play naked/nude. In the Ancient Olympics they did not play that many sports. Later on in 1896 that was the start of the Modern Olympics in honour of Henri De Baillet-Latour.


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In the Modern Olympics they play more sports than the Ancient Olympics and in the Modern Olympics they wear uniform like breathable jerseys, skins/tights, shoes/boots/cleats and many more types of uniform but unfortunately in the Ancient Olympics they had to play naked/nude. The sports that they will play in the Modern Olympics include, Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoe Slalom, Canoe sprint,Cycling-BMX, Cycling-mountain bike, Cycling-road, Cycling-track, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Field hockey, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Handball, Judo, Marathon-swimming, Modern pentathlon, Rhythm gymnastics, Rowing, Rugby sevens, Sailing, Shooting, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tennis, Trampoline, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water polo, Weightlifting, Wrestling, those are the sports that they play in the Olympics.


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In the Ancient Olympics countries did not compete in the Ancient Olympics there were only cities but in the Modern Olympics every country all over the world competes in the Olympics. Different countries are involved in the Olympics and some countries that are involved in the Olympics are the ones hosting it, like Brazil they are hosting the Olympics in 2016.


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The stadiums that they used in the Ancient Olympics was rocky