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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…

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…

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…

labeled as the “athlete of the year”. So goes on far enough to say that he could even have been the “missing Minoan ruler”, and finishes with the idea that these sports (such as bull-leaping, boxing, and acrobats) were the precursor to later Greek Olympic games. The three broad forms of evidence she references are the fragments and restorations, the architectural and archaeological contexts, and information on who the Priest-King was (or rather could be). When discussing the restorations she…

Americas greatest virtue is its passionate love for the game of athletics, people cherish these events and put great athletes high up on pedestals. The truth of the matter is there is a disease that runs rampant through various sports and effects the health of athletes everywhere, this proclaimed disease is the use of steroids across many platforms of sports that threatens the existence of Americas great past times. Steroid cessation has become a prevalent problem for athletes all around, not…

When the Greek competed in the Olympics games they did so for honor, religion, and bluster their cities, witch can be clearly reflected form the poems of that time. The Olympics become such a big part of the region that it began to influence Greek society as a whole. What we must look at is what role did the Olympic games play in Greek society. Our modern Olympics are a fair mirror to ancient Greek games when compared to sports and medals, but what we can never match is the affect the games…

Introduction The Olympics started in ancient Olympia Greece, which is located in a valley in Elis, in western Peloponnisos, through which runs the Alpheus River. The Olympics of Ancient Greece were a lot different compared to the Olympics in the modern world. According to the modern world, Olympic athletes have to prove themselves to the extent that they are not only best in their country, but has the ability to compete with other best athletes from all other countries. This is similar to the…