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    Propaganda Purposes in the Olympic Games The Olympics when held every four years attract huge amounts of people to their TV screens they are immensely popular and for the nation holding them there can be huge benefits. However there is a bad side to this power that comes with the games and that is that the power can be abused and has been in the past where the games act as a platform for governments and individuals to promote themselves, their movements or their country

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    in the Olympics. Can you imagine the Olympic games in the same 5 countries every year? Have you ever thought about what the Olympics would be like if they were always in the same place? Imagine not being able to guess where the next Olympics are going to be held and traveling the world to get there. This is what will happen if the IOC stopped the Olympics from traveling from country to country. The only solution to stop this; keep the Olympics moving around country to country. The Olympics should

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    for the gods, to see who will be declared victor amongst those who call themselves the finest over the rest. The moment the runner wielding the torch enters the stadium, everyone waits and watches in earnest anticipation. The cauldron is lit by the Olympic flame and the arena thunders with applause and hurrahs. The games

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    Paris 1924 Olympics

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    Paris' 1924 Olympic was different than any other previous Olympics. Sport had become a universally popular activity, particularly as a spectator event, and around 1,000 journalists were present in Paris to report back around the world. There were 44 nations and 3,089 athletes took part, and although the Games are seen as being the first truly modern Olympics, they were not complete, as only 135 of the competitors were women. Most of the athletes were hosted in the first ever Olympic village, a village

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    British).The duration of the commonwealth games is around 10 days and it is televised only in the commonwealth of nations. In the Olympic games all countries are eligible to participate and the duration of the games is around 18 days. The olympic games is televised around the world. Mbalula wants the olympic games rather than the commonwealth games because, the olympic games is one of the most significant international sporting events and provides for a bigger opportunity for the host country to display

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    The Olympics is a cultural event still going on today. The Olympics in Greek Mythology was honored all to Zeus. It represents the true warriors, athletes, and men of the country. It first started when Zeus, God of the sky, defeated Kronos in a battle for king and royalty. The event happened every four years for the Olympics. The Nemean games happened every other year at the shrine of Zeus. Again to honor him, in a city called Nemea, a place in Peloponnesus. Those were the two of the four games

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    Olympic Games DBQ

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    history of the Olympic games, there has been many changes on how the Olympic Games has come to be interpreted and how they are generally viewed in our modern era. These views range from, Nationalism fueled by the Olympic Games, Women trying to create equality through the Olympic Games, Economic supremacy shown by the Olympic games and the responsibilities held by countries and the self-preservation of a country when presenting the Olympic games. Each view states an interpretation of the Olympic games through

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    Olympics Research Paper

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    resurrected in a modern setting. The olympics have expanded in size, events, stadiums, and athletes since then. From 12 nations, 206 athletes, 60,000 spectators, and 43 events, to 206 countries 11, 237 athletes, 2.3 billion viewers, and 306 events the olympics have changed greatly. Since 1896, the changing of the world has influenced the events, places, and arenas in the games. The history of the Olympics is fascinating and unlike than the current olympics. The modern olympics can be traced back to 1896.

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    Olympics Research Paper

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    In the 2016 summer olympics, an expected 206 countries are going to participate. The modern olympics today are not the first olympics in history, for the olympics can be traced back before the common era. The ancient olympic games established a domino effect for many other events in history. The Ancient Greeks were the first people to invent the olympic games. The events can be traced back as far as 776 B.C. That's about 1,970 years before the first modern olympic games! The ancient games were

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    1980 Olympics History

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    In Olympic history, 1980 was an important year that contributed to Olympics we know today. It was one of the building blocks to help us create Games for a worldwide cultural experience. During and leading up to the 1980 Olympic Games, the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan, were stationed there, and it looked like for good. These were the first Games to be held in a Communist country. Because the games were held during the cold War countries had also been pitted against each other, but when it came

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