Olympics
It started in ancient Greece.
It started in 703BC and then soon stopped It took 1503 years until it finally came back in 1896.
it is on every 4 years
it is in a different city everytime
the modern olympics started back again in greece
It is in Rio in Brazil this year
It was in London in 2012
there is diving , running , long jump , swimming , javelin , 400m , 100m , 200m , Rugby sevens and many more.
Olymics is a competion full of most sports.
All countrys compete.
Not all sports are in it
There are only a limited amount of events allowed.
Men and Women take part.
you win a medal if you finish either 1 2 3
1st place gets a gold medal
2nd place gets a silver medal
3rd place gets a bronze medal
There also winter Olympics with snow sports.
The fastest sprinter is usain bolt who ran 100m in 9.58 seconds. Who did it in Berlin in 2009