Nick Willis (opening) and Mahe Drysdale (closing)
The Ancient Greeks started this competition for their belief to in the glory in competition and to honour their Gods with their ability. The Olympics were much more than a game, they gave competitors a chance at immortality. Champions were seen as heroes and were given something special: Honour. This was a higher value to the Ancient Greeks than money or prizes. The Ancient Greek Olympics merged two things that the Greeks held sacred, religion and the desire for greatness. See the related link for further information.
320 gold medals will be given out at the 2012 Olympics.
A gold medal
Bushido, the way of the warrior.
The carrying capacity of a given ecosystem is the total number of organisms in a given species for which there are sufficient resources, so that they survive and reproduce.
2,300 in the 2012 London Olympics. 302 gold
memorial day.
An agnomen is an additional cognomen - surname or epithet - given, as an honour, to an Ancient Roman citizen.
It was in 1912 at the Olympics V held in Stockholm, Sweden.
Summer Olympics are not held in 1994.
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