Learn about the Olympics

The Olympic Games bring together the best athletes in the world for a series of athletic contests, designed to foster the ideal of a sound mind and a sound body and to promote friendship among nations. The Olympic Games are name for athletic contests held in ancient Greece from 776 BC until the pagan rights were banned by Christian Roman emperor Theodosius I in AD 393. The modern summer games began in 1896 and the first year of the winter games was in 1924. Each is held every 4 years. Beginning in 1992, the winter and summer games were no longer held within the same calendar year. Now, Olympiads occur every 2 years alternating between the winter and summer games. Events at the winter games include bob sledding, ice hockey and figure skating. At the summer games, track and field, and gymnastics are prominent sports.

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