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Learn About Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating.

The History of the Olympic Games | Scholastic

Athens, Greece — site of the first modern Olympics — was the site of the Summer Games in 2004. Though it has potential for political controversies due to its rapid modernization and its communist state Beijing, China was selected for the 2008 Summer Games. Money and the Olympics. The biggest influence on the modern Olympic Games is money.

Olympic sports | LearnEnglish Teens British Council

I like Tennis and Volleyball.Both of them make me stay in front of TV during Olympic.But Tennis is my favourite sport.I always watch not only Olympic Tennis matches but also other Tournments like Wimbledon,US open or something like that.My beloved player is Roger Federer.He was No 1 Tennis player for alomost six years.But now he is 35 years old and he was the oldest tennis player in top 5.

Olympic and Paralympic Games British Council

Olympic and Paralympic Games 1. Match them up! Draw a line to match the picture and the word. high jump skating snowboarding wheelchair racing hockey rowing hurdles wheelchair rugby skiing javelin 2. Where does it go? Write the sports in the correct group. high jump skating snowboarding wheelchair racing hockey

Ancient and Modern Olympics Collaborative Learning

Ancient and Modern Olympics Teacher notes This activity is designed to compare and contrast the modern Olympics with those from Ancient Greece. 1. Work in groups of about three or four. 2. Your have one copy of a Venn diagram and one set of cards. If they are not cut up you will need to do this first. 3.