THE OLYMPICS By Toby Cossham Ancient Greek Olympics The first Olympics were held in 776 B.C.

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THE OLYMPICS
By Toby Cossham


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Ancient Greek Olympics
The first Olympics were held in 776 B.C. in
Olympia.
They were originally a religious event.
Day1 was the boys games.
Day2 was the pentathlon. It had games like
discus and long jumping in it.
Day3 was the running events. Day4 was the
Contact events like wrestling and boxing in it.


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The Modern Olympics
The modern Olympics began