Tuesday, March 20, 2012

First sports in the globe.


Do you know what  is the first ever sports created?
well, According to the history Greeks, whose admiration for the healthy human body is revealed in their sculpture, make almost a religion of competitive athletics. It is their custom on solemn occasions, including even funerals, to engage in races. This passion results in the world's first athletic fixture - the games at Olympia, established according to tradition in the year 776 BC and held every four years. At first this is just a one-day athletic meeting with a single competitive event. The entire day is taken up with heats for a running race - a sprint the length of the stadium, the equivalent of about 200 metres. In later years more events are added.
 
Years added and also
discus and the javelin, the long jump, boxing, wrestling, chariot and horse racing and a challenge to test all-round ability - the pentathlon.
The ancient pentathlon begins with competition in four disciplines - running, jumping, throwing the discus and the javelin. The winners emerging from these encounters then meet in a fifth and decisive contest,
The champions receive a simple token of their victory, a garland of fresh olive to wear on the head. This is essentially a religious festival, in honour of the greatest of the Greek gods,Zeus.

Reference:
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2274&HistoryID=ac02&gtrack=pthc

2 comments:

  1. yeah..tnx for the info..this would help me to know more about sport.

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  2. really?sports pala yun!nice trivia,now i know!

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