The Olympics

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being ”slick” when wrestling, athletes often rubbed their bodies with oil to make it easier for them to slide away from their competitors (Bellow 1994). The women were unable to compete in these games, but their time to shine would come into play a little later.
The people who won their events were considered heroes in their towns. Often, their town would build a statue of them to show their gratitude for putting their town “on the map”. Other than that, the only other reward they received was a wreath made of the sacred cloves from a sacred garden near Mt. Olympus (Bresnahan and Tutee 1947).
The ancient Olympics were held in Olympia, Greece. The games were held here due to the fact that the sacred Mt. Olympus was located in Olympia (Guttmann 1992). Although all of the games took place in Olympia, the individual events took place in many different buildings. All of the long distance races took place in the gymnasium. The wrestling and boxing took place in a building called the ...

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of the Olympics. In 1829 he organized a crew who excavated the Temple of Zeus. Then between 1875 and 1881, Olympia was dug up and revived. After World War II, all of the buildings were excavated and everything was totally restored (Girardeau 1972).
The first restored Olympics were held in Athens in 1896, and everything was different. For example, men from all over, not just Greece, were allowed to compete. Although these Olympics were very important they weren’t very successful. Not only were the competitors not as enthusiastic, but the amount of spectators was cut in half from the previous Olympics (Guttmann 1992).
It was around this time that women decided it was time for them to ...

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