History of the Long Jump

The long jump was part of the first Olympics in ancient Greece and also was featured in the first modern games in 1896. Although the long jump has changed substantially over the past few thousand years, it still is included in track and field events on the local, regional, national and international levels. Origin The long jump was part of the pentathlon event in the Olympics in ancient Greece, circa 708 B.C., according to Olympic.org. The other events in the pentathlon...

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Soceer History

History says:  5000-300 B.C. There is evidence in China that military forces around 2nd and 3rd century BC (Han Dynasty) played a game, originally named "Tsu Chu", that involved kicking a leather ball stuffed with fur into a small hole. Like Soccer, no hands were permitted during the play of the game. 2500 B.C There was possibly a version of a type of ball game played by young women in Egypt during the age of Baqet III, as images of this sport were depicted on his tomb, though...

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Marathon History

Marathon History The Marathon as we know it today is little more than 100 years old, but there have been forms of long distance races since the time of the ancient Egyptians. The Marathon has been an Olympic distance since the modern Olympics started in 1896, but nothing like it was ever seen in the ancient Olympics, run from 776BC to 261AD. The longest race then was less than 5km. The Marathon was adopted as a central part of the modern Olympic programme, and takes place in countless cities all over the world today, purely because of its popular appeal to the imagination. Humans had once run distances far greater...

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sport sprint history

This time I will tell the history of sprint They say that the average adult reads at a speed of 300 words per minute when they are paying attention and around double that if they're not. Which means, assuming that you are being conscientious, that Usain Bolt can run the 100m in less time than it has taken you to get to this full stop. Even compared to the 1988 final, which included three world record holders in Carl Lewis, Ben Johnson, and Calvin Smith, this summer's 100m is going to be the most competitive race in the modern era of the Olympics. For the first time since automatic electronic timing was...

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