By: Cooper Littlefield. The first Olympics were held in ancient Greece, during 776 BC through 393...

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The Olympics By: Cooper Littlefield

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The OlympicsBy: Cooper Littlefield

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When The Olympics Originated• The first Olympics were held in ancient Greece, during  776 BC through 393 AD. The First Olympics were dedicated to the Olympian gods.

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Olympic rings• The rings stand for the flags in the

International Olympic Committee.• Over 200 nations participate in the Olympic

games• The Olympic games are held every 4 years

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Bad Things• These are some of the things that happened in the first Olympics

# soccer (Galging eyes out) When this would happen the players would rarely survive because you did not have treatment.

# The rules were not fair back then!

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FAMOUS ATHLETES

• Usain Bolt• He is a runner that

is on Jamaica • He is also the

fastest man on earth.

• Michael Phelps• He is a swimmer

that is on USA.• He has won 18 gold

medals.

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UNFAIR THINGS • In the Olympics that we watch is different

than the first Olympics because the rules are fair now but not then.

• When you could galdge peoples eyes out they would hurt you on purpose so their team would win and they would not even say their sorry!!!

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WHEN THE NEXT OLYMPICS ARE The next Olympics are in 2016 in Rio. The next Olympics are the summer Olympics. The games this year are on Aug 5-21 The Olympic Games are held every four years. The 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. 

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Thank you!!!!