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Olympics - History 
Ancient Olympics
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According to legend, the ancient OlympicGames were founded by Heracles( the Roman Hercules) , a son of Zeus.
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In Ancient Greece, at a place calledOlympia, the first Olympic Games wereheld at 776 BC .
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The Ancient Olympic Games were heldevery four years, for nearly thousandyears. The Games, like all Greek Games,were an intrinsic part of a religiousfestival held in honor of Zeus.
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In 393 CE, the Roman emperor Theodosius I, a Christian, abolished theGames because of their pagan influences.
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The very first modern Olympic Gamesopened in the first week of April 1896.
 
 
Olympics – History
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Modern Olympics
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The very first modern Olympic Games opened in the first week of April1896- Athens, Greece
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Pole vaulting, sprints, shot put, weight lifting, swimming, cycling, targetshooting, tennis, marathon and gymnastics were all events at the firstOlympics.
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An Olympiad is a period of four successive years.
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Women
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1900 at the second modernOlympic Games
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Because of World War I and World War II, there were no Olympic Gamesin 1916, 1940, or 1944.
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Tennis was played at the Olympics until 1924, then reinstituted in 1988
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The 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was called the Games of the XXVIIIOlympiad.
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