Transcription: The Olympic Games bring together the best athletes in the world for a series of athletic contests designed to foster the ideal of a sound mind and a sound body, and to promote friendship among nations. The Olympic Games are named for athletic contests held in ancient Greece from 776 BC until the pagan rites were banned by Christian Roman Emperor Theodosius I in A.D. 393. The modern summer games began in 1898 and the first year of the Winter Games was in 1924. Each is held every four years. Beginning in 1992, the Winter and Summer Games were no longer held within the same calendar year. Now Oly ...
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