TheancientOlympicGamesbeganabouttheyear776BCinGreece.Someofthegameswere:running,jumpingandwrestling.Womanwerenotallowedtotakepartinthegames.ThentheOlympicGamesstoppedatabouttheyear393AD.
In1896,thefirstmodernOlympicGameswasheldinAthens,Greece.SincethenmanycountrieshavesuccessfullyheldtheOlympics,suchasFrance,Gremany,Canada,theUSA,SpainandAustralia.AftermorethanacenturytheGamesreturnedtoitshomeagainin2004.
ThemottooftheOlympicGamesis"Faster,Higher,Stronger."Itmeansthateverysportsmanshouldtrytorunfaster,jumphigherandthrowfurther.Theydotheirbesttowinmedals.
Chinahasgotthechancetoholdthe29thOlympicGamesinBeijingin2008.Letuslookforwardtothegreatmoment.