The document provides information about the Olympic Games. It discusses that the Olympic Games is an international event featuring many sports with athletes from around the world competing in the Games. This year, the Olympic Games are taking place in London. It also mentions some of the sports included in the Olympics like swimming, archery, athletics and others.

1. Jésica Rainhart – Cielo Sampietro – Melisa Vazquez
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2. The Olympic Games is an
international event featuring
many sports, in which a lot of
athletes participate in
variety of competitions.
This year the Olympic
Games are taking
place in London.
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3. Do you
know that…
The first Olympic Games
took place in Greece, from
the 8th century BC to the
4th century AD.
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4. SWIFTER
HIGHER
STRONGER
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5. The Olympic Games have three
important values which inspire as
an individual and organizational
levels
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6. Olympic Games
were cancelled
because of World
War I
The summer and
winter games
of those years were
cancelled because
of World War II
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7. OLYMPIC SYMBOL: RINGS
They represent
the five
continents.
They are
interlaced
to show the
universality and
the
meeting of the
athletes
of the world.
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8. OLYMPIC SPORTS
Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball
Boxing Canoe/Kayak Cycling/Biking
Equestrian Fencing Football
Gymnastics Handball Field hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon Rowing Sailing
Shooting Swimming Table Tennis
Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball
Weightlifting Wrestling
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9. Swimming
* It was included in 1896 the Olympic
Games that were held in Greece .
* Nowadays, a total of 950 competitors will
take part in 34 events in the Swimming
competition.
*Women competed in
swimming for the first
time
at the Olympic in 1912.
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The Paralympics games are a multi-sports
for athletes with physical, mental and sensorial
disabilities.
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11. FACTS
*The first opening ceremonies were held
during the 1908 Olympic Games in London.
*The united states has won more medals
at the summer games than
any other country.
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12. *It wasn’t until 1900 that
women were allowed to
participated in the Olympic
Games.
*The Berlin games in 1936 were the first games
to be televised.
*Africa, South Africa and Antarctica have
never hosted an Olympics.
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