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Javelin throwing is a sport that was played in ancient Greece in the Pantheon to honor the Gods. This game requires upper body strength and might as the goal is to throw the farthest you possibly can. First, you run to a certain distance, then you stop where it is marked to throw the javelin stick the farthest you can. The farther the better.(point wise & distance wise) Unfortunately this game isn’t presented in the great Olympics anymore, the last time it was played was in 1908.

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Chariot Racing was an Olympic sport where 2,4,or 6 horses pulled a chariot(a small cart). THe competetors went seven laps around the circus. The teams were represented by colors(red, blue, white and green). Chariot racing was an extremely dangerous sport that caused many people to be injured. Luckily, it is no longer played in the Olympics today.

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Discus throwing is a sport where you have to try and throw a discus farther than your opponents.Discus is still played today in the Olympics.

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chariot racing started in 700 B.C
chariot racing was where horses pulled along a driver in a chariot.
it was known to be dangerous for the horse and the driver as they commonly suffered serious injury to to the chariot flipping or being broken.
no this sport is not played anymore

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1) Normal wrestling, just like today. Weight classes didn’t exist though, so larger players had an advantage.
2) A point was scored when a player touched the ground with their back, arm, or hip.
3) Yes, it’s still played in today’s Olympics.

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Ta’Bria, Sydney , Abby
Boxing is a sport where the contestants have to fight each other with their fists until their opponents are down

Back in ancient times, the contestants had to punched each other with protective ox hide leather wraps called himantes. There was no time limit, and they fought until one of them surrendered

Boxing is still in the olympics except now they wear padded gloves and punch each other until someone’s pinned

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Ancient Running is the oldest, most important sport. It was played by running naked and barefoot. It was also called “Stadion”. The surface they ran on was sand. They had to sprint 180 meters for long distance.When the distance was longer than the Stadion the athletes had to turn on the running track around the turning point a pole at the end of the track. It is still played in the olympics but the rules are different.

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Two men enter a ring and fight to see who could withstand the most punches from the other. There was no weight range or fixed time duration (the match ended when someone surrendered), but there was age categories. The boxers wore leather thongs around their knuckles and padding around those. Today boxing is still in the Olympics but things have changed such as the attire and rules. The boxing is a lot less intense and runs less risk of serious damage.

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Jaylen & Kurtis
Ulike today discus throwing is different from ancient greece. Ancient greece used a disc shaped stone, to bronze, to lead or iron.

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What is wrestling? Grappling with an opponent to try to hold or throw them down. The wrestlers objective was to throw their opponent to the ground in a standing position. A point is scored when the wrestlers back or shoulders touch the ground.
How is it played? Takedown-You score 2 points for taking your opponent down to the mat
Escape- you score one point for getting away when you are pinned down on the mat
Reversal- you score 2 points when you are down on the mat and you go underneath and gain control of your opponent
Near fall- you get 2 or 3 points when you almost but not quite pin your opponent
Is it still played in today’s olympics? Yes, wrestling dates back all the way to ancient olympics and it still played in today’s olympics.

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Like modern day wrestling but has no rules, not played in the modern olympics since it was reinstated in 1896.          Timothy Johnson,  Jacob H.

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It is basically m.m.a with less rules. They do it today but not in the olympics. They did it naked in Greece. They would have a free for all without weapons. MMA fighting had ref’s and you couldn’t hurt someone too bad.

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The sport is running and it was the oldest and most important Olympic sport. In the event they sprinted 180m. From 776 BC to 728 BC. Running is still played in todays current olypics.

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Horses pull along a driver in a chariot. There is no longer chariot racing, but there are still events for the horses to compete in like races and jumping.
-Lyndsey, Ashley and Blake

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-Still an Olympic sport today
-will be in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
-originated 688 B.C
- back then it was usually done naked
-didnt have padded boxing gloves they used leather straps over there hands
- caused more injuries
-didnt have weight classes
-used gloves studded with bits of glass and metal
- Hit and kicked each other till one surrendered
- Now it's done with more rules...They use padded hloves...this results in less injuries...