Sport in Our Life

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History of the Olympic Games Sport in Russia The Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014

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History of the Olympic Games The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece in 776 BC.

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The ancient games were hold in honor of Zeus, the most important god for ancient Greeks.

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T he winners of the Games were highly praised and honoured for their results by olive branch. In 394 AD the Games were officially ended by the Roman emperor Theodosius, who felt that they had pagan meaning.

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Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Coubertin , a young French nobleman, had an idea to bring the Olympic Games back to life. He managed to organize the first Olympic Games in 1896. Greece was the right place to host the first Olympic Games.

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1896 2008 2010 2012 2014 Summer Winter Summer Winter Greece China Canada Great Britain Russia Athens Beijing Vancouver London Sochi

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Sport in Russia Evgeny Plushchenko A lina kobaeva Ilya Kovalchuk Konstantin Tszyu Maria Sharapova Albina Akhatova Svetlana Zurova Davidova & Yermakova

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Sochi, Russia is the capital of Winter Olympic Game of 2014