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The Olympics or the Olympic games began in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. it was an ancient Greek festival held at Olympic every four years to honor Good zeds. There were athletic, literary and musical co petitions. They were only for Greek mean women were not allowed to participate in them. There were only few competitions then. In ancient Olympic Games the winners were given wreaths of olive loaves.
Modern Olympic Games too are held every four years but in different venues. The first modern Olympic Games were held in a then in 1896, 2004 Olympic Games were held in Athens. But Sydney Australia was the Venus of 2000 games. In modern Olympic Games many events like arthritics, soccer tennis, swimming, badminton, boxing and Judo are held Gold silver and bronze medals are awarded to those who gat first events. Sri Lanka has won only two medals so far. In 1948 Duncan white got silver medal by coming second in the 400 yards hurdle event in London. Susanthika jayasingha coming third in the 200 meter rare won a bronze medal at Sydney Olympics.
Let’s with Sri Lanka get more medals in future Olympic games.