Ancient and Modern sports

Ancient and Modern Olympic sports Today I am going to be talking about the ancient and modern sports of the Olympics. Ancient Sports A long time ago in Greece there was Olympics and there were only few sports in the Olympics, the thing was that only free men who could speak Greek could join the Olympics. Greece was the only one that could participate in the Olympics and the Olympics didn’t go to different countries. Some sports that were a part of the Olympics back in the day were: Javelin, athletics, Pentathlon, and Horse Racing. In the Greek Olympics men had to do their sports naked and married women weren’t allowed to do the Olympics and if they tried to they would get a death Penalty. Modern Sports Now women are allowed to participate in the Olympics, there are new sports that are now a part of the Olympics and they are: The rugby union, golf, shooting, and water polo. Ever since the Olympics started the Olympics were held at different countries. Nowadays people use a torch for the meaning of the Olympic games going Greece to other countries. We now have values and there are three of them, they are: Friendship, Respect and Excellence. Nowadays there is something called the paralympics and it is for paralyzed people who have special talents like being able to play basketball. There values are: Determination, Inspiration, Courage and Equality. The differences between Ancient and Modern Sports The difference between ancient and modern is that ancient sports were only for men and modern sports has men and woman. Ancient sports has a death penalty for married woman if they try to take part in the Olympics but in modern times there is no death penalty and they get to participate in the Olympics. Ancient sports participants are considered heroes or legends when they win the whole thing but modern sports a considered winners. Ancient sports participants that win there sport were rewarded with an olive branch that you put on your head and in the modern sports you win medals: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. In ancient greece the age to join the Olympics in 12 and now it’s 16 and over. If someone had a false start they would be whipped disqualified and but in the modern sports they would just be disqualified. Modern sports is all about winning a medal, striving for success, following the Olympic values, making your country proud, and striving for victory. Ancient sports is all about showing off your skills, being a hero, and entertainment. The main difference between modern and ancient sports is that ancient sports was a long time ago even in B.C. and modern sports started in 1896. I hope you can comment on my work so I can see what I need to work on or to see what I have improved on. Thank you!