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Olympic GamesThere are many legends surrounding the origin of the ancient Olympic Games. Get information on the history of the Olympics, summer and winter Olympics, games and other upcoming events.Modern Olympics After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the world's fair exhibitions in which they were included. The so-called Intercalated Games (because of their off-year status, as 1906 is not divisible by four) were held in 1906 in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics.Olympic Swimming vs. Triathlon Swimming While watching the swimming events in the Olympics last week, I started thinking about how different the freestyle stroke is (or should be) for Olympic sprinters and amateur triathletes. Softball: Olympic Sport No Longer? Softball has been around since a man named George Hancock first invented the game in 1887 in Chicago. It took over 100 years, but women's fast pitch softball became an Olympic event in 1996. |
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