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Atletics For Self Discipline: Reporter: Rolando L. Bautista Jr. Ms. Jessica Santos

The document provides information about the origins and history of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece. It discusses how the Olympics began as a religious festival and footrace around 776 BC and over time grew to include additional sports. Only free Greek men were allowed to compete for glory and fame for their hometowns. Athletes trained rigorously and those who cheated faced penalties. The top finishers received olive leaf crowns rather than medals. The modern Olympics began in 1896 and remain an international celebration of sports though there are many differences from the ancient games.

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Atletics For Self Discipline: Reporter: Rolando L. Bautista Jr. Ms. Jessica Santos

The document provides information about the origins and history of the ancient Olympic Games in Greece. It discusses how the Olympics began as a religious festival and footrace around 776 BC and over time grew to include additional sports. Only free Greek men were allowed to compete for glory and fame for their hometowns. Athletes trained rigorously and those who cheated faced penalties. The top finishers received olive leaf crowns rather than medals. The modern Olympics began in 1896 and remain an international celebration of sports though there are many differences from the ancient games.

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Atletics for Self Discipline

Reporter: Rolando L. Bautista Jr.


Ms. Jessica Santos
Teacher

Olympic Facts
The first Olympics began in 776 BC in Athens. The games were originally held in During the ancient games, only young men were able to participate and in 1928 Olympics,woman were first allowed to participate in track and field events. The competitors were usually naked because the games were, in part, a celebration of the human body.

How did the Olympics get started?


There are different ideas of how the Olympics began. One myth is that the Greek God Zeus started the games to celebrate his victory over his father Cronus for control of the world. Another tradition states that the games began after Greek hero Pelops won a chariot race against King Oenomaus to marry the Kings daughter.

The Olympic Flame

Olympia Stadium

The Games
Athletic games were an important part of religious festivals from early on in Greek Culture. The first 13 Olympiads sole event was the footrace. Over time, the Greeks added longer footraces and different events. The pentathlon and wrestling were the first new sports added in the 18th Olympiad. Today, there are 52 different events between the summer and winter Olympic games.

The Games Continued


The ancient Olympics were very different from the modern games. There were fewer games and only free men who could speak Greek, were allowed to compete. The games were always held at Olympia Stadium instead of moving around to different cities. One common link between ancient Olympics and the modern games is that the athletes were heroes to their home towns, as our athletes are celebrities today.

Training
Athletics were a key part of education in ancient Greece. Greeks believed that developing the body was equally important as improving the mind for overall health. Young Greek men trained to flute music to make the bodies harmonious. The Palaestra was the place that the men trained and socialized in ancient Greece.

The Palaestra

NYCs Proposed Olympic Stadium

Athletes
Ancient athletes competed as individuals, not for national teams, as they do now. Athletes that won public competitions won permanent glory and fame. Winning athletes made their town look wealthy and powerful. In ancient Olympic games women were not allowed to compete.

Winning the Gold!


In todays Olympics the top three finishers will receive Gold, Silver and Bronze medals for each event. In ancient Olympics, the winner would receive a crown made of olive leaves and was entitled to a statue of himself at Olympia.
1948 Gold Medal

Olive leaf Crown

Competitive Spirit
In ancient Olympic games the athletes that were found cheating would be fined and the money was used to make statues of the Greek God, Zeus. The first known cheater was Eupolus of Thessaly, who bribed boxers in the 98th Olympiad. Today, some athletes use illegal performance enhancing drugs.

Ben Johnson Olympic sprinter accused of using steroids

Famous Ancient Olympic Athletes


Read about some of the more interesting athletes from the ancient Olympics.
Theagenes of Thasos winner in 75th and 76th Olympiads Milo of Kroton 6 time Olympic winner Diagoras of Rhodes won in Olympics and every other major Greek festival

Anchor leg-refers to the final position leg in a relay legs. Baton-the stick thatis passed from one relay runner to another. Blind pass-A non-visual baton exchange used in sprint relays. False start-moving or jumping before the gun is fired. Heat-preliminary race whose winners qualify for the semifinals or finals. Relay leg-the distance each runner travels in a relay. Take of board-the board from the long jumper takes of. Trial-an attempt in a field event

Self-discipline

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