olympic

The Olympic Games epitomize the true nature of competition, athletes representing their regions in hopes of being crowned the best.

The Olympics have had two incarnations. First there were the Ancient Olympic Games, widely believed to be started in 776 BC by Zeus and Heracles, which ultimately were outlawed in 4th century AD by Emperor Theodosius I. The second generation games, also known as the Modern Olympic Movement, were restarted in their original birthplace, Athens, Greece, in 1896, with the help of French nobleman Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin. By 1924, the Summer Olympics were joined by the Winter Olympics, with the inaugural games occurring in Chamonix, France.

The last Summer Olympics to take place was in 2008 in Beijing with the next games to be in London in 2012. The last Winter Olympics were in 2006 and held in Turin with the next games to be held in Vancouver in 2010.

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• Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

  
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• Andre Ward Snatches Surprise Victory From Kesslar

  
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  By Madhuri DeyNov. 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Andre Ward beat Mikkel Kessler, according to an unanimous technical decision taken by the judges. Andre is a former light-heavyweight Olympic champion and Mikkel is the undisputed WBA super-middleweight champion. Andre won in the Super Six Tournament. The tournament had to be ...
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• Amanda Beard Shares Photographs With Her Son

  
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  By Meena KarNov. 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Amanda Beard is noted among some of the best women swimmers of the United States and in her Olympic career from 1996 to 2008, she has brought several honors for the country. However, she could not fare well in the last Olympic Games. Beard has gained popularity not only [...]
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• Things Poles are good at….

  
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  So close! Zbigniew Pietrzykowski would have secured the 1960 Olympic light heavyweight boxing gold medal for Poland had it not been for the presence of a certain Muhammad Ali. Poland needs to pick up more gold medals. In the combined summer/winter Olympic gold medal table, Poland is down in 24th place with ...
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• Little Johnny At Horse Auction With His Father

  
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• Phelps Takes Gold in the 4xForgotToPayHisTaxes

  
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• Twists, turns lead event to its 100th running - Cincinnati.com

  
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• Teenager takes triathlon win - TVNZ

  
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• Huge crowds greet Olympic torch in P.E.I.

  
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• Charlottetown Olympic Torch Community Celebration

  
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• Alex on CBC Compass News - Olympic Torch Run

  
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• Hide has that sinking feeling again - New Zealand Herald

  
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• Vancouver 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games - About - News & Issues (blog)

  
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• The Real Reason Rio Beat Chicago for the Olympics

  
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• Olympic Torch touches down on Island soil today - Time to Shine

  
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• Haryana government announces state sports fund

  
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• Beijing Olympic – Powell wins warm-up, confident for Beijing

  
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• JUST IN: Tennessee volleyball team beats Florida in four sets

  
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• Condoms for Olympic Athletes To Be Auctioned

  
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  Some 5,000 condoms that were not used during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is being offered for sale in an auction. Each condom is marked with the Olympic motto of “faster, higher, stronger” both in English and in Chinese. The units were collected by sports memorabilia enthusiast Zhao Xiaokai. The starting ...
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