Synthesis Essay Olympics

WOW!, did you see that amazing dive?, this years Olympics was amazing. But it's a total let down because it only happens every four months. But Did you know that it was always like that?. The Olympic games started many centuries ago but with fewer kinds of sports (found in = source 1 , paragraph 1). Some events were; running, long jump, short put, javelin, discus, wrestling, boxing , pankration ( a grueling mix of boxing and wrestling ) and last but not least equestrian competitions (found in = source 1, paragraph 1). But the coolest thing out of the ancient Olympics is that we benefited from them and we still do.

Well let me start with the fact that in the beginning of the Olympic games only men were aloud to compete, and they competed naked, meaning that married women couldn't and were forbidden to attend the games (found in = source 1, paragraph 3). Although many wanted to participate in the games, only those who were wealthy enough who could pay the expenses of training and upkeep for the chariot driver and the hoses or mules may participate in the Olympics (found in = source 1, paragraph 5). And thankfully there are no longer any chariot racing events in the Olympic and men as well as women can compete equally and with cloths on in individual and team competitions ( found in = source 1, paragraph 6)

in fact there were three categories of trainers. "Paidotribai" trained athletes with physical exercises, the "Gymnastai" trained them with athletic exercises, and the "Aleiptai" massaged the athletes' muscles. And if athletes didn't have enough money to pay for the training leading to participate in the Olympic games, the cities of the athletes would hire the necessary trainer (found in source 2 , paragraph