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**The Original Olympic Games** **By:Latif and Dawid** **The early Olympic games were given at 776 B.C.The Greeks liked to compete in competitions.The Olympic games are the most popular games.Greeks took their competition seriously.If a city states team lost,it would probably be the most disappointing time.Even if there was war going on, they would stop the war and continue with the games.Every four years Olympic games were held.The best athletes competed against each other in a stadium in Olympia.They'd play religious games.They play games for Zeus.If you were caught cheating you could never compete in the Olympic games are the same from before and now.They play boxing matches,weight lifting,Javelin throwing, wrestling, running, and long jumping.**

Greeks believe that being fit and healthy is very important.Boys played sports every day to be stronger and healthy.there were horses racing ,long jump,running ,wresting,javelin throwing men races horses in a big Arnie.they raced a distance of 1200 meters.there were many obstacles in the race.long jump in vales a long stick to see how long the person cloud jump. people raced to see which person could could be first .men and boys wrestled to see which was stronger.men tried to see which one of them could throw the far-est.men also thrown metal disks.the winner of the Olympic games won a olive lief crown to where on there head.

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