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Olympic Origins

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The Olympic games originated in ancient Greece 3000 years ago. These games were created to honor the god Zeus and it was named after they place it was held which is Olympia. The first modern Olympics happened in 1896 in Athens.

Modern Olympics

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The Olympics became modern in 1896 in Athens with 12 nations and 43 events and a crowd of 60,000 people. Some of the events were track and field, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, cycling, tennis, weightlifting, shooting, and fencing.

1990s-The Dream Team

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In the 1992 Olympics a basketball team from the USA called the dream team consisting of multiple NBA athletes go undefeated in basketball.

1980s- Eric Heiden

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Eric Heiden from the US wins all five skating events and gets the gold medal. This would be the sixth gold medal America gets.

1970s-Nadia Comaneci

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At 14 Nadia Comaneci scores 7 perfect tens and three gold medals.

1970s- Japan wins its first winter Olympics gold medal in ski jumping

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1960s-Abebe Bikila

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ABebe was the first African to win a gold medal and he ran a marathon barefoot in world record time. The 60s was also the time where the Olympics were televised for the first time.