The Olympics!

What is the Olympics? The Olympics is a sporting event of different sports where the top athletes come to compete in the sports that they are good at. The Olympics games are only occur once every four years and is held by different countries around the world. Its is a summer and winter sport event around the world. There is a variety of different sports in the Olympic games. This year the Olympics is held in Rio,Janeiro,which is based in brazil 2016! There is only two days until the official Olympics kick off! There are 11,239 athletes competing in the Olympics this year. 311 events in the Olympics and 207 counties in the Olympics.

According to the history of the Olympics it has been going on for 12 centuries. The Ancient Olympics only consisted one race which was the stade race. Then later on they added Boxing,wrestling,chariot racing,long jump,javelin and discus throwing.

There was a time when the Olympics got banned because it used to be about Zeus. You had to praise Zeus and the other greek god in order to compete into the Olympics. Back then married woman wasn't allowed to go into the Olympics. Only men and single lady were. There was a mother who son was playing in the Olympics,but because she was married she wasn't allowed to watch him. She was so desperate to watch her son she discated as a man just to watch her son.

The early olympic games were celebrated as a religious festival from 776B.C, until 393A.D. When the Olympics were held at Greece, the host Country. They won most of the medals. They won 47 medals at the first Olympic summer games 1896. The five rings of the Olympic signs represents the five major regions of the world. Did you know no country in the southern hemisphere has never hosted a winter games. The very first winter Olympic games were held in Chamonix, France 1896.