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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 2004
Page
7
The first Olympics featured a single stade race of 210 yards won by Koroibos of Elis. Over time wrestling and pentathlon joined, with events like chariot and horse racing expanding the program, while women and nonparticipants faced restrictions. The Panathenaic games, amphoras of olive oil, and torch races shaped later traditions.
The Panhellenic contests honored gods with wreaths and crowns. Olympic olive leaves made the crown famous as time measured in Olympiads. Four games existed and facts about Delphi Nemea Isthmus Corinth Olympia are noted along with honorary rewards.
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