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The ancient Olympic Games were cancelled because ----.
The Olympic Games were first held in Olympia in
ancient Greece to honour the Greek god Zeus. These
ancient Olympics began in the year 776 B.C. and
continued until 392 A.D., that is, for more than 1,000
years. Only male athletes competed in these games.
They competed in different sports activities, but there
were competitions also in poetry, music and other
arts. At the beginning and end of the Games, animals
were killed and offered to Zeus. When people
stopped believing in the Greek gods, the Olympic
Games were cancelled. The Olympic Games were
brought back in 1896, when the first modern Olympic
Games were held in Athens, the capital of Greece.
Only nine countries with about 250 athletes
participated in these first modern Games, and again
all the athletes were male. Today, about 10,000
athletes from about 200 countries compete in the
Olympic Games, and nearly half of them are women.