The document provides 12 facts about the history and traditions of the Olympics: 1) The ancient Olympic Games began in Greece in the 8th century BC and continued for 12 centuries before being banned, then revived in the modern era starting in 1896. 2) In ancient Greece, athletes competed naked. 3) The ancient games lasted 5-6 months, while the modern Olympics require large quantities of supplies like towels for the shorter duration.

1. Seham Alsalamah
LV8 - ALFAC
12 FACTS ABOUT THE OLYMPICS
THAT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND

2. 1. The first Olympic Games took
place in the 8th century B.C. in
Olympia, Greece. They were held
every four years for 12 centuries.
Then, in the 4th century A.D., all
pagan festivals were banned by
Emperor Theodosius I and the
Olympics were no more.

3. However, the athletic tradition was resurrected
about 1500 years later: The first modern
Olympics were held in 1896 in Greece.
2. In ancient Greece, athletes didn’t worry
about sponsorship, protection, or fashion –
they competed naked.

4. 3. Back then, the games lasted five or six
months.
4. During the 2012 London Games, the
Olympic Village required 165,000 towels for
about two weeks of activity.

5. 5. Women weren't allowed to compete in the
Olympics until 1900.
The 2012 London Games were the first
Olympics in which all participating countries
sent female athletes.

6. 6. From 1912-1948, artists participated in the
Olympics: Painters, sculptors, architects,
writers, and musicians competed for medals in
their respective fields.

7. 7.During the 1936 Berlin Games, two
Japanese pole-vaulters tied for second
place. Instead of competing again, they
cut the silver and bronze medals in half
and fused the two different halves
together so that each of them had a
half-silver and half-bronze medal.

8. 8.The Olympic torch is lit the old-fashioned way in an
ancient ceremony at the temple of Hera, in Greece:
Actresses, wearing costumes of Greek priestesses, use a
parabolic mirror and sun rays to kindle the torch.

9. 9. From there, the torch starts its relay to the host city:
It is usually carried by runners, but it has traveled on a
boat, on an airplane on horseback, on the back of a
camel, via radio signal, underwater, and in a canoe.

10. 10. The unlit Olympic torch has also been
taken to space several times.

11. 11.The five rings of the Olympic symbol
represent the five inhabited continents of the
world.
12.The six colors – blue, yellow, black, green,
red, and the white background – were chosen
because every nation’s flag contains at least
one of them.

12. Which one of the
facts blew your
mind the most?

13. Seham Alsalamah
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