Olympic Charter

Ancient Olympics The ancient Olympic games signify much more than athletics. The games represent a much bigger idea of peace and religion. While the athletics played a part in the games, the idea that people of Greece can come together without fighting for a while to compete in games to honor Zeus played another part. Men from all over Greece, in top physical condition from training for months in advance, traveled to Olympia to try and bring pride and fame to the town which they hail from. The…

showing the cities of Greece and gods that the youth has physical qualities of a god and the performances accomplished by the youth. The Olympic Games were held every four years which gives the people plenty of time to train, which still is till this day at the ancient stadium in Olympia that could bring in more than 40,000 spectators. The places around the ancient Olympic stadium were continuously developed until about the 4th century BC and were used as training grounds for athletes or to…

In “Russia ban adds to South Korea’s Winter Olympics woes” by James Griffiths explains how Russia not competing has had a major impact on the ticket sale of the already low amount for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Russian Athletes like Evgenia Medvedeva and Irina Avvakumova plan to not compete if they cannot compete under the Russian flag. With Russian spectators making up a large number of the visitors to winter games, South Korea struggles to get ticket buyers. The term oil with…

The ancient Olympics were first held in Olympia, Greece in the year 776 B.C. in order to honor the Greek gods. The games were a way for different Greek cities to compete to see who had the better athlete. After all these centuries, the ancient Olympics have been transformed into the modern version we know of today, but that does not mean they are without similarities. In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held in honor of the Greek gods in Olympia, Greece. The ancient Olympics allowed…

In 776 B.C., the first recorded Olympic Games occurred in Greece, Olympia. The Greeks formed these games as a way to commemorate, the Greek god, Zeus. These games ceased to occur after A.D. 393, due to the Christian emperor Theodosius I, who deemed them pointless. Why celebrate a god you do not respect, nor believe in? The Olympics were later resurrected and reformed on April 6, 1896 and were held in Athens, Greece. Both versions of the Olympics, ancient and modern, are renowned forms of…

deemed one of the greatest swimmers of all times. He gained 11 Olympic medals, so he is the fourth highest medalist in the Olympic Games. When he was 9, he started to perform swimming at Arden Hills Swim Club, located in California. Then, he is highlighted while he held one world record. He joined his first Olympic Games in 1968, to hold ten world records by then. 9- Matthew…

The History of The Marathon From Ancient Athens and the historic runner Pheidippides to Boston where young runners make their mark, the marathon has been a part of sporting history for millions of years. It has united countries together, and united different races together. Let’s take a tour through this magical event where we can witness The Birth of The Marathon with Pheidippides, The Barefoot Runner of Abebe Bikila, and The Rise of The Africans. This majestic event started in the year 490 B…

“Only eight athletes out of 11,000 Olympic competitors tested positive is proof that 'the war on doping is being won.’” Doping in professional sports gives players an unfair advantage. The problem with drug testing is that it's not always effective and people can get past them. These drugs make them feel better when they are using them but they aren't thinking about what will happen to their bodies in the future. Professional athletes should be drug tested so they don't have an advantage and so…

It has always been a dream of mine to compete long distance races at the Olympic Games. With that in mind, I hadn’t thought about the origins of distance racing at a competitive level. Without the Greeks’ establishment for the Games, the modern Olympics may never had been created. Certainly the ancient Olympics, first foot races need far more attention than they receive. A large part of the Greek education was a healthy body and a competitive spirit and so that organized one of the first…

was somehow he was heartless and stupid, only meant to cause physical pain. On the other side the spectrum with the Olympic games right after WWII when the soviets deemed the games to be a bourgeoisie display of capitalist decadence. So much so that when the United States offered to feed other teams the soviets deemed it as the capitalists trying to make quick profit. During the olympics many players stopped seeing these events as them having fun and representing their country in the games but…