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sports competition which are held every four years in a

different city. Thousands of athletes from all over the world compete against each other in individual and team sports. Over 1 billion people watch the games on TV.

in 776 B.C. They were called the ancient games and

lasted until the 4th century A.D. The modern games began in 1896, when the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin revived the games to bring peace and friendship to the young people all over the world.

Up to 1994 both games were held in the same

year, but now they are staged two years apart from each other.

competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
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country running
• race walking

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need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most

commonly competed sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country.

Yelena Isinbayeva

Isinbayeva

Yelena Isinbayeva (born 3 June 1982) is a

Russian pole vaulter. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 2008), a three-time World Champion (2005, 2007 and 2013), the current world record holder in the event, who is widely considered the greatest female pole-vaulter of all time.

-Isinbayeva has been a major champion on nine occasions.
-She was also the jackpot winner of the IAAF Golden League series in 2007 and 2009.

-First woman to clear the five-metre barrier in 2005.
-Current world record is 5.06 m outdoors, set in Zurich in August 2009.

Oscar Pistorius

Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius (born 22 November

1986) is a South African sprint runner. Although both of Pistorius' legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old, he has competed in events for single below-knee amputees and for able-bodied athletes.

Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt ( born

21 August 1986), is a Jamaican sprinter. Widely regarded as the fastest person ever he is the first man to hold both the 100 meters and 200 meters world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977. Along with his teammates, he also set the world record in the 4×100 meters relay. He is the reigning Olympic champion in these three events, the first man to win six Olympic gold medals in sprinting, and an eight-time World champion. He was the first to achieve a "double double" by winning 100 m and 200 m titles at consecutive Olympics (2008 and 2012), and topped this through the first "double triple" (including 4×100 m relays).