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=The Original Olympic Games BY: Mike Lyewski and Jaret Dulaney=

===The first Olympic games might have started the year 776 BC, but might have began even sooner.There were five city-states in the Olympics Sparta,Athens,Corinth,Argos,and Megara.The games were played in Olympia, every four years,they played in honor of Zeus.If two or more Greek city-states were at war with each other when the Olympics started the war was stopped for the games.On the first day ceremonies and sacrifices for the gods took place. On the closing day there was a banquet for any of the winning athletes a.Since the Olympic games were religious if anyone was caught cheating they would never be allowed to play again because it was disrespectful to the gods.The winners of the Olympic games for any event received a wreath of olive leaves to wear on their heads. ===

===Running was a sport they played in the games,one length was ran by only kids and adults.Two lengths were adults only.Hoplite was ran with full body armour which weighed 50lbs or maybe heavier.Later the racers wore only a helmet and had to carry a big shield. Pugme means boxing.There weren't any rounds in pugme.They wrestled until they were knocked out or until someone admitted to defeat.Pankration was a combo of wrestling and boxing.Throwing your opponent to the ground gave you 1 point. The match was over when someone had 3 points.These games sound like fun! ===