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Article: Ancient Olympics Games allowed athletes to let it all hang out.(News)
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- Daily News (South Africa)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2008
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WELL, it seems as though the original Olympic Games was quite the place to hang out more than 2 000 years ago.
Let me explain. As the Games are now in full swing in Beijing I decided to do some research. We all know that the modern Olympics started in 1896 in Greece, but not all of us know that the ancient Olympics started way back hundreds of years BC.
But my research has illuminated me. Did you know that an oke called Milo (I thought it was something you drank before bedtime) who came from a place called Kroton somewhere in Greece was one of the greatest ancient Olympic champions. He won the wrestling event six times over a span of 34 years.
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