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Olympic Games

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1. Women were abolishedforbiddenstoppedI don't know to take part in the ancient Olympic Games or even to be spectators.

2. The first modern Olympic Games was playedheldparticipatedI don't know in Athens in 1896.

3. The International Olympic Committee is the supreme conglomerateorganisationteamI don't know of the Olympic movement.

4. The winner of an event receives a gold medal, the competitor in second place receives silver and the competitor in third position is commissionedprizedawardedI don't know a bronze medal.

5. It is not a country that tradesplayshostsI don't know an Olympic Games, but a city that is given the honour.

6. The Olympic rings represent the union of the five countriescontinentsprovincesI don't know .

7. The Olympic flame had been part of the ancient games and first createdtook placeappearedI don't know in the modern games in 1928.

8. All competitors receive a diploma and a commemorative medal marking their playparticipationperformanceI don't know in the Olympic Games.

9. Originally a strict code regarding amateur leveldivisionstatusI don't know restricted the number of participants who were eligible.

10. The first Olympic Games to be televised live was the 1936 games in Berlin. Television is now a vital fountainsourcerouteI don't know of income for the Olympic Committee.

11. Though women had competed before, it was not until the games of 1912 that women were formally establishedadmittedincarceratedI don't know .

12. Although the Olympic Games is meant to bring together the athletes of the world in peaceful competition, it has been involvedaffectedblessedI don't know by political tensions.