Ancient and Modern Olympics

Have you been learning about the ancient and modern Olympics?  I have and these are the factors; countries, prizes, sports, events, participation, preparation, equipment and timeframe I have been looking at to compare and contrast the games.

In the ancient olympics women were not allowed to participate or watch their sons compete in any sports, like boxing. If they did get caught watching them they would get pushed off a cliff.  In the modern games women can watch their son compete and won’t get thrown off a cliff.

In the modern olympic games everyone can participate and they don’t have to be from the greek continent, but in the ancient games they had to be from the Greek continent and could speak Greek.

If the athletes come first second or third in the olympics games they receive flowers and gold, silver or bronze medals, but in the ancient games they would get a red ribbon tied around their arm.

In the ancient olympic they make promises to Zeus, later on they had a big feast.  At the end they have another big feast.  In the modern olympic we have a opening ceremony before the games start and a closing ceremony after the games are finished.

In the modern olympics they have many kinds of sports and they are: sprint racing, boxing and wrestling, fencing, taekwondo, hockey, football.  In the ancient olympics they only had wrestling, boxing, chariot racing and sprint racing.

The olympic games happen all over the world and they pass the flag onto the next country until the next olympic venue happens.  The ancient olympics were only held at Olympia in Greece.

The modern olympics are better than the ancient olympics because everyone can participate and take part in any sports, and women won’t get thrown off cliffs if they’re caught watching.