I. What was the heyday of the ancient Olympic Games like?
From the 1st Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC to 393 BC, only the rise to the decline, which experienced a long history of 1170 years, *** held 293 sessions of the Ancient Olympic Games.
From 576 to 338 BC, known as the "All-Greek stage". This stage, the ancient Greek political, economic, military, cultural and very developed, the Olympic Games became a major festival of the Greek people, both the number of participants and the competition is unprecedented, so this period is known as the heyday of the ancient Olympic Games. Especially in 490 B.C., Athens, Greece, after defeating the Persian invasion army in the Marathon Valley, it was the people's mood, the national prestige was greatly invigorated. At this time, Greece built many Olympic facilities, temples, etc., participants throughout the Greek city-state, so that the Olympic Games flourished.
This period, the competition increased year by year, the competition time from the beginning of the 1 day extended to 5 days. The scale of the Olympic Games is getting bigger and bigger, and continue to emerge many outstanding athletes, such as Hercules incarnation of Hercules Milon, in the wrestling competition seven times; long-distance running champion Naidus, in the "Stadia" race, two-way "Stadia" race and full armored There were also Hercules Polliton Pace, and Mullidus, an outstanding athlete who won 12 olive crowns, among others.
Two: What's the deal with soccer in the Olympics?
Modern soccer is the most widely played and influential sport in the world, so some people call it "the world's first sport". Soccer is a highly confrontational game in which players use a variety of movements in accordance with the rules, including running, stopping, turning, falling, jumping, rushing, and so on, to compete with their opponents in a fierce battle. A soccer game with a long time, the site of the big, the number of people watching, are other sports less than. The technical tactics of soccer are complex and difficult. It is characterized by large fields and long games.
Modern soccer originated in Britain. 1896, the first Olympic Games held in Greece, soccer was designated as a showpiece, from the second Olympic Games in 1900, soccer is listed as an official event. 1904, the International Federation of Association Football was established, under its organization and leadership, the first world soccer championships in Uruguay in 1930 (also known as the "World Cup"). The World Cup was held in Uruguay in 1930, and was organized every four years, allowing professional teams to participate.
Soccer matches are played on a soccer field by two teams of 11 players, each playing goalkeeper, defender, forward, striker and so on. According to the unified soccer rules, each team should use various techniques and tactics to find ways to shoot the ball into the opponent's goal. Each game is limited to 90 minutes, divided into two halves, with the winner being the one who shoots more balls into the opponent's goal. This sport can effectively improve the human body's strength, speed, sensitivity, endurance and other qualities, and cultivate people's courage and tenacity, resourcefulness and decisiveness and the spirit of unity and cooperation.