The olympic games

 Do you know much about the Olympics? For 2 weeks now, the Olympics have been going on in Tokyo, Japan. Our class were given a booklet to fill in about the Olympics, Japan, Japanese culture, the athletes in the Olympics and the ancient Olympics. Our teacher got the booklet off Kiwi Kids News. Also in the booklet it has a couple pages about the paralympics, the paralympics are like the Olympics for people with different abilities such as maybe one leg, blind or deaf. Who is your favorite olympic or paralympics athlete? Mine is Caroline Powell a New Zealand equestrian rider. 

Ancient olympics.The ancient Olympics didn't used to be 16 days it used to be a 5 day event. In the ancient Olympics there only used to be 7 events such as running, long jump, shot put, javelin, boxing, pankration and equestrian events. The ancient Olympics were canceled once during World War I (1916) and twice during World War II (1940, 1944).  Did you know the ancient Olympics were over 2,700 years ago?

Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo, Japan is where the Olympics 2020 are being held. Around 11,000 athletes will participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. Because of quarantines there are no spectators allowed to go to Tokyo 2020. This is not the first time Asia has held the olympics, They held the Olympics in 1964. Have you been to Tokyo, Japan?

Modern Olympics. Have you heard of Pierre de Coubertin? Pierre de Coubertin was the founder of the modern Olympics. In the modern Olympics there are 33 sports and 46 disciplines and the Olympics last for no more than 16 days. Every host city has to make 1 mascot for the Olympics and 1 for the paralympics. The Tokyo Olympic mascot is Miratowa and the paralympic mascot is Someity. Did you know the gold medals the give out to the winner are made out of mostly made out of silver not gold!?

Have you been watching the olympics on TV? The Olympics are a great opportunity for amazing athletes from around the world to illustrate what hard work and determination can achieve. The Olympics have many many sports so the athletes can do what they love and love what they do.