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about ten months, the equivalent to the Greek year
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Why are athletes so important to ancient Greece?
Without them the ancient Greeks would not have been able to start the Olympics.
What was life like for athletes?
Most would hear about Greek athletes from the first Olympics. Athletes often participated in the Olympics as a challenge to earn the winning title of the best athlete. For training, most athletes trained hard, but most had to run nude. And the events in the Olympics included Discus, Track, chariot racing and other sports that are still used in today's Olympics.
What is the only way a woman can compete in the ancient Olympics?
Masquerading as a man, which would be difficult an athletes competed naked.
Why is ancient Olympics based of of amateur athletes?
It was believed that amateur athletes try the hardest to attain feats of strength and endurance. The original Olympic Committee believed professional athletes would have an unfair advantage.
What country had the most competitors in the Beijing Olympics?
With 639 athletes, China has the most athletes in the Beijing Olympics. The country that has the most athletes that traveled to China to the Olympics would be the the US with 595 athletes.
What was the crown that the Greeks gave to the country that won the Olympics made out of?
In Ancient Greece, only Greek athletes participated. It would usually be against other athletes not countries. The highest honor was the olive branch crown.
Who were the famous athletes in ancient Greek and what did they wear?
athletes would be naked.
What would happen when the judge caught girls in the olyimpic?
First of all, girls are allowed in the Olympics ,as athletes and as a part of the crowd. This was allowed since the Modern Olympics started (1896-present).In the ancient Greek Olympics girls would not be allowed to do anything with the. She would thrown out.To answer your Question (answer): Nothing
What would happen if the media was banned from the Olympics?
We would get no results or updates on how the athletes were going We would get no results or updates on how the athletes were going
How many chefs would be cooking for the athletes on Olympics village in London 2012 Olympics?
1012
How were the athletes selected for the ancient Olympic games?
Four weeks before the Olympics games, athletes would travel to Elis, a city near Olympia. A final selection was made there, and only those who were chosen could compete at Olympia.
What does a country have to do to win the Olympic?
Countries don't compete in the Olympics, people do. To "win" the Olympics, if it is such a thing, would be to be the country with the most and highest medals. And to be the country with the most and highest medals, you need to be the country with the most winning athletes. To get good athletes in as many sports as possible, a country need to make it easy for promising athletes to train, and to train well. Provide coaches, arenas, training camps, doctors, dieticians, sports equipment and so on.
