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The ancient origins of the Olympics - Armand D'Angour

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Thousands of years in the making, the Olympics began as part of a religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus in the rural Greek town of Olympia. But how did it become the greatest show of sporting excellence on earth? Armand D’Angour explains the evolution of the Olympics.

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  • Educator Armand D'Angour
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origins of the olympics

the olympic games, started as a religious festival in honor of zeus in the Greek rural nucleus of olympia, hoen in day is one of the biggest sports festivals on the planet, these started in the year of 776 BC thus giving orogen also to the greigo calendar the time is mediated in batches of 4 years called Olympics. the competition promotes excellence other than sports also included music, singing or poetry.

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