"HISTORY OF OLYMPICS"
The History of Olympics can be traced all the
way back into the ancient Greek times while
they honored Zeus with many days of
celebration, praise and the sporting events
of the times. Back then only men from
Greece could participate and there were no
woman allowed. Heracles, a son of Zeus was
said to have started the first Olympics and
the History of Olympics and events that were
held started evolving from there. There were
many running events along with events in
chariot racing and various games to see
who could hurl a javelin the farthest and the
same things was done with a heavy metal
discus. These ancient Olympics are thought
to have started out in or around the year
776 B.C. and continued for around twelve
centuries when they were banned for being
sacrilegious and offending to Christianity.
The History of Olympics after the ancient
Greek games started once again in Greece in
1896 and this is when the International
Olympic Committee was formed by a French
gentlemen. The History of Olympics started
out once again here with a small amount of
nations competing and only a few events.
The committee wanted to start holding the
Olympics all over the world in all of the
major cities and markets, they knew this
would draw people wherever they went and
they also knew that the two week event
would also benefit many cities. The Olympics
have experienced immense growth and
restructuring over the years and both the
summer and Winter Olympics are watched
closely from all edges of the world. Every
time there is another Olympic event held
there is also some record breaking moment
or some other thrills that keep people
interested, and the many nations involved in
the Olympics nowadays keeps growing as
well.