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Hey guys i'm back with a new blog. Today I will be talking about Olympics over the ages. I have chosen to write about the Olympics because, this years Olympics got postponed until next year because of the pandemic. The first Olympics was on 6 April 1896 it was held in Athens. Although the ancient games were in Olympia, Greece from 776 BC to 393 AD, it took 1503 for the Olympic games to return. In the 1896 Olympics they and 241 athletes, 14 countries, and 43 events. Which is very different numbers from our last Summer Olympics in Rio. In 2016 in Rio the Olympics had 11238 athletes, 207 countries, and 306 events. So we have come a long way. The games they play in 1896 were:

- Athletics                                                                                 - Cycling Road
- Cycling Track                                                                        - Fencing
- Gymnastics Artistic                                                                - Shooting
- Swimming                                                                             - Tennis
- Weightlifting                                                                          - Wrestling Crego - Roman

Here our some pictures of the First Olympics:

Then in 1924 we had the first Winter Olympic games. The games were held in France, there was 258 athletes, 16 countries, and 16 events. The events they had were:

- Bobsleigh                                                                                                    - Cross Country Skiing
- Curling                                                                                                        - Figure Skating
- Ice Hockey                                                                                                  - Nordic Combined
- Ski Jumping                                                                                                - Speed Skating
- Military Patrol

Here are some pictures from the first Winter Olympics:

~ Bonus Facts ~

- Gold medals are mostly made out of silver.

- The Olympic torch relay is not an ancient tradition.

- Four Olympic games has been cancelled due to World Wars and Covid 19.

- At least one of the Olympic ring colours appear in every national flag.

- Athletes in the ancient Olympic games competed in the nude.

- They began as a religious ceremony.

- The Olympic rings represent the five regions of the world.