How has ancient Greek’s Olympics changed over time to the modern day Olympics?
Which home towns participated in the ancient Greek?
What are the awards that they gave to the finalists in ancient times and modern times?
What are some sports that they played in ancient Greek and in modern times?
What are some of the best olympic players in each of the sports?
Why were the Olympics important to ancient Greece?
Athletes would travel to Olympia from many different Greek city-states and sometimes from far away Greek colonies to compete.
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Ancient Greeks loved sport and most cities in Ancient Greece had public gymnasiums where people gathered to train and relax. The Greeks believed that a healthy body was very important. ... The most important of the sports contests was the Olympic Games. These were played at Olympia, every four years, in honor of Zeus.
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Two types of modern Olympics
Sports were important to the Greeks. They had fun and provided good training for war. Solders built up their strength by running in armor, throwing spears, wrestling, and boxing. These sports were useful when it came to fighting real enemies. The Olympic games were held for five days, every four years. Victorious sportsmen on the fame and fortune.
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In the ancient times,there was only one winner per event, crowned with an olive wreath made of wild-olive leaves from a sacred tree near the temple of Zeus at Olympia.
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An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal: gold, awarded to the winner; silver, awarded to the 1st runner-up; and bronze, awarded to the second runner-up.America's Olympic medalists must pay state and federal taxes on the prize money they get for winning. The U.S. Olympic Committee awards $25,000 for gold medals, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze.
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Approximately 4,700[105] Olympic and Paralympic medals were produced by the Royal Mint at Llantrisant.[106] They were designed by David Watkins (Olympics) and Lin Cheung (Paralympics).[107] 99% of the gold, silver and copper was donated by Rio Tinto from a mine in Salt Lake County, Utah in the U.S.[108] The remaining 1% came from a Mongolian mine.[109] Each medal weighs 375–400 g (13.2–14.1 oz), has a diameter of 85 mm (3.3 in) and is 7 mm (0.28 in) thick, with the sport and discipline engraved on the rim.[110] The obverse, as is traditional, features Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, stepping from the Panathinaiko Stadium that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, with Parthenon in the background; the reverse features the Games logo, the River Thames and a series of lines representing "the energy of athletes and a sense of pulling together".[111] The medals were transferred to the Tower of London vaults on 2 July 2012 for storage.[110]
Each gold medal is made up of 92.5 percent silver and 1.34 percent gold, with the remainder copper. The silver medal (which represents second place) is made up of 92.5 percent silver, with the remainder copper. The bronze medal is made up of 97 percent copper, 2.5 percent zinc and 0.5 percent tin.[112] The value of the materials in the gold medal is about £410 (US$644), the silver about £210 (US$330), and the bronze about £3 (US$4.71) as of 30 July 2012.[113][114]
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