The document discusses the significance of sports and games in Greece, particularly highlighting the origins of the Olympic Games and prominent events like the marathon. It also mentions popular sports in Greece, such as football and basketball, and notes key athletes, including Olympic champions Pyrros Dimas and Nick Kaklamanakis. Overall, it emphasizes Greece's rich sporting heritage and its love for sea sports.

1. Sports and games in Greece e-Twinning “ Top 10 with the EU teenagers” 2009-10

2. Greece is the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Let’ s, learn more about the Games The Olympic Games are the first of the Ancient World Occur every 4 years They began in honor of the hero Heracles at Olympia in the Peloponnese.

3. The Marathon race The Marathon was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon (the namesake of the race) to Athens. It is a long-distance foot race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers

4. The race starts from the village of Marathon

5. And it ends at the Panathenian Stadium of Athens

6. Today there are two popular games in Greece Football and Basketball

7. Greeks’ favourite football team is the Greek National team

8. The National Greek Football team became popular because it won the European cup on 2004

9. Two of the most popular football players in Greece are: George Sideris and Mimis Domazos

10. Another popular team in Greece is the National Basketball team This team is called by Greeks the “dream team”!

11. Two of the most popular basketball players in Greece are: Nick Galis and Panagiotis Giannakis

12. Nick Galis is considered to be one of the top European basketball players. In 2007 he was awarded the medal of honor of the Euroleague.

13. The most popular Olympic champion in Greece is Pyrros Dimas

14. Dimas is a weightlifter and four times Olympic champion, one of three weightlifters, who have won three Olympic gold medals. Click here to watch a video

15. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Dimas was honored with the Greek flag for both the opening and closing ceremonies

16. Greeks love the sea and the sea sports. The most popular sea sports in Greece are: Sailing and Wind Surfing

17. Nick Kaklamanakis is the most popular Greek surfer and a gold medalist at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, he won the silver medal

18. Nick Kaklamanakis lit the torch in the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

19. To enjoy a video about the wind surfing click here 1 st Gymnasium of Chaidari, Athens