Activity 7. In pairs. Look at the video "Olympic Games, Athens, 1896", the transcription is under the activities.
Activity 8. Talk about the video with your classmate (curiosities and interesting things).
Activity 9. Now press button "Activity 9" and learn about years and places of the last Olympic Games. You can choose the "Study Mode".
Activity 10.Now press button "Activity 10".
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nine disciplines 13 countries and only
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with this many participants the first
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modern Olympic Games was held in Athens
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Greece between the 6th and 15th of April
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1896 the idea of reviving the ancient
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Olympic Games came from a French Baron
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Pierre de Coubertin as a first step Co
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Burton founded the IOC the International
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Olympic Committee at a General Assembly
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he organized in Paris in 1880 for the
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right to organize the first modern
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Olympic Games was given to Greece
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however the Greek government was not
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happy about the opportunity because they
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had neither the experience and
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organizing sports competitions nor
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enough money they didn't have a proper
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stadium and they had a hard time
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deciding whether they should renovate an
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old one or build a new one a wealthy
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Greek merchant came to the rescue
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georgios avrov offered 1 billion
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drachmas to build the sports facilities
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1896 only one year after the completion
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of the first motion picture this film
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depicted the opening ceremony of the
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first Olympic Games George the first the
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king of greece led the opening ceremony
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of the first olympics on the fifth of
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april sixty thousand spectators were in
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attendance to celebrate this moment of
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sports history in the games the
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contestants measured their skill and
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nine sports gymnastics tennis shooting
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weightlifting wrestling athletics
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swimming fencing and cycling
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at the first Olympic Games only men
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could participate there was no gold
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medal the champions were rewarded as
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silver medal the King's first
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congratulations went to an American
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student james b connelly the first
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champion of the modern olympic games won
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the triple jump with a 13.7 1 meter jump
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Harvard University where Connelly was a
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student wouldn't allow Connolly to
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travel during the semester however the
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deans refusal couldn't deter him but
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alas his gold medal couldn't save him
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after his return he was expelled from
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today the world record triple jump is
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eighteen point two nine meters people
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can jump four meters and 58 centimeters
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further than 116 years ago but the
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preparation in the competitiveness of
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those athletes cannot be compared with
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modern competitors today
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for example the marathon runners often
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purchase their refreshment from shops
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the winner of the race spirit and Louise
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even had one or two glasses of wine on
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the way this competition was preceded by
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the announcement of an incredible reward
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the sponsor of this event a Barack
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offered his daughter's hand 1 million
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drachmas as a dowry if a Greek could win
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this event the outfield run into the
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athens olympic stadium the distance of
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the race was 40 kilometers Louise who
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started the race as a simple postman
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finished as a millionaire he didn't need
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the daughter of a ver off and the dowry
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as he was married already but in the
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stadium he was showered with jewelry
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gifts money and even received a flock of
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sheep a cowherd as well the englishman
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john pious Boland became a competitor
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and even a champion in a way which seems
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most amateur bowlin came to Athens of
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the tourists there he heard about the
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race and quickly entered finally he left
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the American Robert Garrett through a
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discus and Athens for the first time in
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his life but he performed so well that
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he won the competition with a 29-point
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15 meters throw Garrett specialty was
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the shot put where he also finished
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the cyclists could see the town of
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Marathon as well at the first olympic
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games six winners were announced five
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and track cycling and one in roadside
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the 87 kilometers on the athens and
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marathon athens route
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the Greek air stood is konstantina des
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won the event with a bike he borrowed
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from one of the spectators
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the swimming competitions were held in
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the Bay of Zia on the 11th of April the
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early spring temperature of the sea was
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not conducive to Olympic swimming the
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Hungarian Olympian alpha date high oh Sh
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who won two events said my biggest fight
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was not with my foes but with a four
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meter high waves of the sea and the 10
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to 12 degrees of Celsius cold terrible
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the first summer olympic games ended on
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the fifteenth of april 1896 as a
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recreation of the ancient games it was
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planned to last nine days long but the
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weather intervened the sports event
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lasted a day longer due to rain the
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United States ended at the top of the
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Olympic medal table with 11 gold levels
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Greece finish the game in the second
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position with 10 gold medals and with
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seven winners Germany obtained the third
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position the most successful competitor
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of the first Olympic Games was the
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German wrestler gymnast and weight
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lifter Carl Schumann who won four events
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and gymnastics and wrestling
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after the games the greek king george
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the first and other prominent persons
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ASCO burton and the ioc to hold the next
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olympic games in athens as well but
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Paris had already obtained the right to
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organize the 1900 olympic games and the
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games did not return to the Greek
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capital until 108 years later in 2004
