Thursday, February 11, 2010

History of the Modern Olympics




The first Olympics were held in Greece for the appeasement of their gods. The Olympics did not happen again since ancient time until the late 1800's. A man named Pierre de Coubertin started the revival of the Olympic Games. He believed that exercise made a person well rounded. His first attempts were unsuccessful but finally he gathtered elegates from other countries and Pierre convinced thema bout hte olympics and the delagates voted to start the Olympic Games. The first games would be held in Athens Greece. The Olympics began there why not start where we left off?

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