Javelin Throwing: A leather strap was fixed to the shaft of the javelin to form a loop. When throwing, the athlete inserted his index and second fingers into the loop, whic

　　所有希腊的男性自由人都有资格参加奥林匹克运动会。至于女人，严格地说，只允许未婚女人参加。不过有个同级的赫拉运动会，允许所有女人参加……
All free male Greek citizens were entitled to participate in the ancient Olympic Games, regardless of their social status.

水上运动--画里话外
The pool where synchronized swimming takes place must be at least 3m deep over a 12*12m area in the centre of the pool.花样游泳的水池区域有12米长1米宽，水深至少3米
竞技游泳一共四项，简称蝶（蝶泳butterfly）、仰（仰泳backstroke）、蛙（蛙泳breaststroke）、自
（自由泳freestyle）
游泳池的水温应是26摄氏度，水必须十分干净，并能让人看到水底，这是为了让人们观察她们的动作是否
正确。

　　it Takes Balls
A standard set of balls for the snooker table consists of 15 rids,6 colours and 1white/cue ball.Historically,snooker balls were made exclusively from heavy ivory.Thankfully,these quickly became a thing of the past and were replaced before the Second World War by lighter Crystallite bassl made

The Modern Olympic Games 现代奥运会
Dialogue Script 1 对话原文 1
Mark: Shall we take a walk?
　　Tina: I don’t want to go since I’m too full.
　　Mark: You may live up to 99 years, if you take a walk after meals. That is what you told me before.
　　Tina: All right, let’s go.
　　Tina: Mark, do you know

　　Like many other sports, table tennis began as a mild social diversion. Descending, along with lawn tennis and badminton, from the ancient medieval game of tennis. It was popular in England in the second half of the nineteenth century under its p

　　As to the beginning of badminton, there are a lot of stories. One saying that it started in Japan, the other says that it started from India. But one thing is for sure, which is that badminton was started i

　　Basketball. The world's greatest sport ever. But of course, it hasn't been around since the world began. No, somebody had to have invented it. And that somebody would be James Naismith.
Born in A

　　James Naismith devised a set of thirteen rules of basketball:
1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands.
2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both

The revival of the ancient Olympics attracted athletes from 14 nations, with the largest delegations coming f

An Olympic Anthem composed by Spyros Samaras (music) and by Kostis Palamas (lyrics) was first played at the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens. Thereafter, a variety of musical offerings provided the backgrounds to the Opening Ceremonies until 1960, since which time the Samaras/Palamas composition has become the offic

　　你知道吗，马拉松并不是古代奥运会的比赛项目；古代奥运会法规中规定，腐败的裁判或对手要受鞭刑；柏拉图曾是奥运会的冠军……
The famous marathon race did not exist in the ancient Games. The starting pistol of the first Olympic marathon was fired on 14 April 1896 at 2 p.m.
Famous Greeks attended, or even participated in the ancient Olympic Games: the philosopher

Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympic Games, is in the western part of the Peloponnese which, according to Greek mythology, is the island of "

The international Olympic Committee constituted itself on 23rd June 1894. The official languages of the IOC are French and English.
The Olympic flame is a symbol reminiscent of the ancient Olympic Games. The Olympic symbol,　the five interlocking rings, represents the union of the five continents and the meet

The tradition of the "Truce" or "Ekecheiria" was established in ancient Greece in the 9th century BC by the signature of a treaty between three kings.
During the Truce period, the athletes, artists and their famil