Figure skating is the oldest winter sport in Olympic history, initially being added to the Summer Olympic Games in 1908 until its transition to the inaugural Winter Olympics In 1924.
Ancient Olympics was a Summer-only event. There are approximately 1.7 snow days in Greece, not hardly conducive for Winter sports.
Photo on your left is by William Justen de Vasconcellos.
Photo on your right by, Kirklai uSbkpuOSmbl.
Tags - Ancient Olympics, Modern Olympics, Winter Olympics, first Winter Olympic sport
05/12/21 The Legacy - Ancient Games
Olympic controversies
The Olympics and controversy seemingly go hand-in-hand. As a result, the legacy adapts, strengthens and lives on. Do you see any similarities between the following Ancient Olympics history and, Modern Olympics?
The Greeks tried to keep some aspects of politics out of the Olympics, but their efforts met then, as such efforts do now, with limited success. The Olympic truce was meant to lead to a cessation of hostilities throughout Greece, to allow competitors to travel and participate safely, but it was not always observed.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/greeks/greek_olympics_01.shtml
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Ancient Olympics was a man's-only sport. Training was strictly controlled by private investors. Modern Olympic training, including both men and women, is individually financed and conducted.
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02/10/21 The Legacy - Ancient Games
Modern Olympics | Modern Games
Bronze discobolus from the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, that hosted the first modern Olympic Games in 1896
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22/09/21 The Legacy - Ancient Games
Ancient Games | Ancient Olympics
Participation in the Ancient Olympics was limited to free Greek male amateur sportsmen (Herodotus V.22.2
. Non-Greeks, slaves, people accused of murder or blasphemy, and women (with some rare exceptions), were not allowed to compete.
However, these regulations did not put off scores of people from flocking to Olympia to watch the Games, travelling from all over the Greek city-states and colonies as far afield as Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. At its height, the Ancient Olympic festival probably hosted over forty thousand people.
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/health/sport-and-fitness/the-ancient-olympics-bridging-past-and-present/content-section-2
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