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The Olympic Games : some surprising events

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A tug-of-war. Chariot sabotaging. Events ruined by the weather, cheating, disqualified competitors, and protests. Does this sound like the Olympic Games to you? The "modern" Olympic Games were founded as a friendly sporting competition between nations. Although most competitors across the centuries have taken part in the Olympics in a friendly spirit, The Olympic Games : Some Surprising Events reveals some of the unusual occurrences in the history of the Olympics.

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796.4 DAW

Publisher

New York, USA : Scholastic Inc., 2003

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32 pages : illustration : 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0439648998

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796.4

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text

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English language--Study and teaching (Elementary)
Language arts (Elementary)
Olympic games (Ancient)
Olympics

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