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Q: What sports were held in the old Olympics and not in the modern Olympics?
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How are old Olympics and modern Olympics different in the rules?

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Why were the modern Olympic Games held in Athens?

The original Olympics committee wanted to begin the new Olympic Games where the old ones had been played.


How did the ancient olympic games stop?

The ancient Olympics stopped because there are now more people that are modern than ancient and people will get fed up having to watch old sports and the Olympics will lose their career


Where did the people sit to watch the ancient Greek Olympics?

the Olympics were held in Olympia!!


Did the original Olympic games have equestrian events?

No. In fact the ancient games have little resemblance to our modern Olympics. Modern sports events are so much more complex than in days of old. These did not include riding horses.


Can a 9 year old start diving in the Olympics?

NO 9 yr old are not aloud cause you have to be 18 an older to do any kind of sports in the Olympics


What are two ways the ancient Olympics compare from the modern?

The old olympics, they don't wear any clothes, they all do it in nude. They had more dangerous sports like chariot racing, they had less equipment like safety gear. In the modern olymoics, first they wear clothes, and they are mostly special clothes designed to run and swim faster. They also have more sports than olden times


How old are the Olympics 2012?

The first Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC. So the games are 2012+776 = 2788 years old. There were not games after 393AD because Emperor (Roman) Theodosius banned them. The modern Olympics started in 1896.(That means that they were held for 1169 years+ /2012-1896/116 years altogether)=1285 years.


Do you have to be a certain religion the compete in the olympics?

No, not in the modern Olympics - in the Anciemnt Olypics, you had to be a Greel male (and thus believe in the Greek Gods of old).


How often were the the ancient Greek Olympics held?

the ancient Olympics games were held once in 4 years. the time period was called as Olympiads & was only held in Olympia in Greece


What is the new sport at the 2012 Olympics?

Don't know about new sports but some old sport will be removed, such as baseball.


What are 2 sports fro italy?

depends how you look at it but there national game is football and they are also active within Olympics, but since the Roman era they are very aware of old sports too.