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The Olympic Games is a prestigious event where athletes from all over the world

compete in many different kind of sports for honour and glory. Just like the World

Cup Soccer, it is held every four years but as two separate competitions which are the

winter and summer competition. According to About, the ancient Olympic Games

were founded Heracles, a son of Zeus ( 2004, Internet ). According to Wikipedia, the

Games slowly lost importance when the Romans strenghtened in Greece and when

Christianity became the official religion of the Roman, the Christian hegemony felt

threatened by the Olympic Games. Hence, in 393, Emperor Theodosius ended a

thousand year period of Olympic Games ( 2004, Internet ). Wikipedia states that a

revival of the Olympic Games was made by Pierre, Baron de Coubertin with two

goals in vision, which are to bring nations closer together, to have the youth of the

world compete in sports, rather than fight in war (2004,......

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