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The Olympic Games are named for athletic contests held in ancient Greece for almost 12 centuries. . The purpose of the Olympic Games is to foster the ideal to promote friendship among nations. The Greek calendar was based on the Olympiad, the four-year period between games. The games were staged in the wooded valley of Olympia in Elis. This five-event competition consisted of running, wrestling, leaping, throwing the discus, and hurling the javelin. In time boxing, a …

…the best at your sport too. Today at the Olympics the winners still get something when they win there game. Also they still light a torch at the beginning and it burns until the end of the games when it is put out. The last thing is when a athlete wins the fans of the athlete still sing songs and cheer for their athlete just like they did in Roman and Greek times. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**