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10s (1.begin The original Olympic Games (1.begin)
around 800 BC in Ancient
Greece, and (2. continue)
until they (3be)
abolished
by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in AD 393. The first modern Olympics (4.take place)
in Athens in 1896, and since then, more than a dozen different countries
(5.stage)
the Summer Olympics. The cities of Athens, Paris, London, Berlin
and Los Angeles (6.stage)
the Olympics twice.
In 1956, Australia (7. become)
_the first country outside Europe and
America to stage the Olympics, while Mexico (8.be)
the first Latin
American country to stage the Olympics, in 1968.
Many of the greatest athletes in the world (9. take part)
in the Olympic
Games, but no one (10. equal)
the achievements of the great Finnish athlete,
Paavo Nurmi, who between 1920 and 1928 (11.win)
_nine gold and three
silver medals.
The Olympic Games (12.see)
many tragedies and triumphs. For
example, in the marathon of 1908, the little Italian, Dorando Pietri (13.collapse)
five times in the
last part of the race, but (14.come)
_first-only to be disqualified because spectators (15. help)
him over the finishing line. And in 1936, the famous black American athlete
Jesse Owens (16. break)
six world records in a single day!
From the first modern Olympics in Athens, when only fourteen countries (17.participate)
the Olympics (18.grow)
to include over 140 countries.
Gold, silver and bronze medals (19.go)
to over 8,000 men and women.