The "disabled Olympics" is officialy called the Paralympics
mount olympus gave the olympics its name
The Modern Olympics (starting in 1859) were in Greece in a city called Olympia. I suppose Olympia is where they got the word Olympics from.
it's called Winter Olympics or Vancouver Olympic.
They called it Olympic and they named it after the city where they held the Olympics called Olympia!
the first olympics occured in olympia
para olympics
A sledgehammer is long heavy hammer. Not sure what the hammer thrown at the Olympics is called, but a a javelin is a metal tipped spear used for field competitions at the Olympics.
name 1 person from the Olympics who does gymnastics
Mexico
The Olympics should be in summer because they called it Summer Olympics
Greece had created the Olympics. The Olympics were created for the Greek gods. Especially for Athena. (Which the city, Athens, was named after.) The Greece made the Olympics as the games to 'amuse' the gods, also for their honor for them. In Greek, the Olympics are spelt as Ολυμπιακοί. Olympics are for Mount Olympus, that was also for the Greek gods domain. It was also called Olympics because of Olympia, Greece for the name. The Games were not only entertainment, but to show their power and strengths to the gods. Summary: Called Olympics - Mount Olympus & Olympia, Greece Created Olympics - The people of Greece (you could say the gods in a way)