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Thursday, 11 August 2016

Olympic History

Do you know when  the ancient olympics  started?
It started as a religious festival for the god Zeus. It started in 776 BC. Men had to run 200 yards sprinting and competing naked Women weren’t allowed to watch.

The Romans invaded Greece in 393 AD They wanted to stop the Olympic games. Two years later the Olympic games were abolished. In 1896  a French men started the international olympic committee.

 

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