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Facts About Oylmpics

*Olympic Games were founded by Heracles a son of Zeus.
*The very first Olympic race which was organised in 776 BC was won by Corubus by profession he was a chef.
*The first modern Olympic Games wereheld in Athens, Greece in 1896. There were 311 male but no female competitors.
*The first Olympic games were held in 776BC and then after that every 4 years repeatedly until 339BC.
*In ancient olympics There were no team events, relay races or the long distance race of Marathon these events were introduced in the modern Olympics
*Earnier womens were not allowed in olympic games. At the first modern Olympic Games there were 311 male but no female competitors.
*The first ever perfect score of 10 in Olympic gymnastics was achieved at the 1976 Montreal Olympics by Romanian Nadia Comaneci, she won 3gold medals.
*The youngest ever Olympian was only 10 years old when he competed in the 1896 Athens Olympics is a Greek gymnast Dimitrios Loundras.
*Australia is one of only two countries to have participated in every one of the Modern Olympics since the Gameswere established in 1896.

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