yes, doping control
Most of the events from the Modern Olympics originally came from the Ancient Olympics but many more events have been added to the Modern Olympics...
jimnastics highjump and much more
By themselves
Luge, in the Olympics, is scored according to time. Some events are scored on a single time and some events are scored according to an accumulation of more than one run.
Hun there arn't 8 there's more lolz
archery,basketball and muck more!!
a Madison is an event done on the velodrome (track) in which one cyclist doeshalf of the course and then his partner holds his hand as they sling off to catch up more speed only the rider whowas slung is racing the other rider goes to the top until it his turn great maddison riders from Britain include rob hayles(not in this years Olympics but should be) bradley wiggins mark cavvendish
There are multiple events and many athletes compete in more than one or two events
It is more advantageous for you to go inside everything about ancient greek Olympics than merely to know how many games there were at that time. So just enter this link on Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Olympic_Games
The athletes had to participate in more events.
Swimming judo gymnastics hammer through diving and loads more
I know he gets £2500 a day for wearing the yellow jersey, and i assume the price money is pretty huge for winning overall, but he will also then attract sponsors and get even more money