Modern olympics

into madness with no morals. Unlike other religions that had a holy text, mythology was based primarily on word of mouth. The stories were passed down from generation to generation to create the outlandish but captivating mythology that we have in modern society. While there were countless gods and goddesses, students do typically learn the 12 that are called the “Olympian Gods” . This group was led by Zeus, who is perhaps is the most well known Greek god. The next 11 were named as followed, Athena

Track and field is an extremely unique sport. Unlike most other sports, track and field is an umbrella for the many events it includes. Track and field has a very long history and inclusive evolution. Since the beginning of its modern history, spectators have adored cheering on their favorite runners, jumpers, and throwers. The elements of track and field are long distance, short distance, and the field evets. The sprinting or short distance events include the 100-meter, 200-meter, 400-meter, 800-meter

started using a stroke called the forward crawl with a scissor kick, however a man named Frederick Cavill in 1887 traveled to the South Seas and saw people using the forward crawl but with a flutter kick which is now our modern day freestyle. Swimming first became featured in the Olympics in 1896 and the only strokes that were raced were Freestyle and Breaststroke. Backstroke was added in 1904

The hull or the bottom structure of the ship weighed half of that amount of steel. For being so large it was designed to only travel at the speed of 20-22 knots. On June 14, 1911, The Olympic officially entered the ocean workforce being the ninth out of fourteen four-shacked ocean liners ever to be built, her maiden voyage was made a few days later to New York in exactly 5 days, 16 hours, and 42 minutes traveling on average 21.7 knots

state. When a Greek removed his clothes to compete in the ancient Olympic Games, it was thought and believed that he had put on the uniform of righteousness. Probity was never in question and Greeks were not always naked. They were naked in the gym and gymnasium, by Greek definition, means gymnos or naked. Most agree that the most famous Greek sculpture of all, is the Discobolus, the discus-thrower. The Greeks created the Olympic Games and one of the greatest achievements to Americans and people

Americans engaged in throughout the Cold War. While a considerable amount of attention in historical academia has been given to the proxy wars, space race, and arms build-up both states took part in, parallel to said competitions were those at the Olympics. Rider did an excellent job of exploring the role of sports, athletes, and particularly the media in the propagandist battle both states waged, discussing the numerous individuals, various committees, and notable confrontations between the USSR and

ancient Greece would wake up and go to their city’s gymnasium where they would workout and prepare for the highlight of every ancient Greek persons life: the ancient Olympic Games. The Olympic Games was an event so grand that it could be compared to the modern day Super Bowl, Thanksgiving, and Macy’s day parade put together! The ancient Olympic Games were also highly representative of ancient Greek culture at the time of its occurrence. These similarities were seen through many ways such as expressing

Sport events like the Olympic games provide the opportunity for host countries to show their identity to the rest of the world. This showing of identity is at the same time a construction of selfidentity. It is a construction in a sense that the host country has to convey its most important ideas about itself to the world. In this limited period of time the host country has to draw upon experiences, historical events, and values which represent the country and the nation.1 In other words, it is a

has contributed to the modern makeup of the United States, Rome’s civilization was more influential due to its democratic principles, emphasis on trade in order to expand the empire, and development of common experiences to unite society. Democracy began with the Greeks,

Sex testing and gender fraud have been major issues in modern Olympic Games. There are contexts in which we can analyse the sources from the past. The narrative that will be used to analyse three sources from around the time sex testing was introduced to international sport is that of Jaime Schultz’s chapter on Women’s Sport and Questionable Sex (2014, p.103). Schultz writes from the perspective that appears to be a feministic point of view. The sources that will be analysed are two letters, and