The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. The Olympics are the most prestigious of such events in the world. Olympic victory is widely considered to be the most prestigious achievement in many sports.

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magazine article: The Olympics. "Winning the Olympics is not about the medal. It is about how you feel, deep inside, at the moment of victory…it is about the unbelievable attraction of history." (Matthew Pinsent: - Olympic Gold Medal Winner (Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000)" Read article

magazine article: The Olympic Games - Then and Now. "In 2004 the Olympic Games returned to its home in Greece, where it began around 3000 years ago. The first recorded Olympic festival took place in 776 BC. Similar festivals had been organised for at least two or three centuries prior to this, but 776 BC saw the start of a regular festival which was to take place every Olympiad, or four year period." Read article

word game: Olympic events. Match names and descriptions of 32 different sports. Play game (1), game (2), game (3) and game (4).

story: Athletes of the Ancient Olympic Games. Read short biographies of 5 great athletes from the Ancient Olympics and do an activity in which you compare the information in them. Read story

cartoon: "I'm freezing out here!" "Don't worry. I'm a ..." See cartoon

cartoon: "He's the worst athlete in the world" "Yes. He ran a ..." See cartoon

poll: "Only truly amateur athletes should compete in the Olympic Games?" See results

trivia: Quote: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part . . . The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well." (Pierre de Coubertin) See more Olympics trivia (1) and trivia (2)

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