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Are the modern Olympics similar to the ancient Olympics?

Although the modern Olympic Games are modeled after the Games of ancient Greece, there are many significant differences. As in ancient times, the Games are held every four years. In those days, wars stopped so that the Games could take place, but in 1916, 1940 and 1944 the Olympics were not held, due to World Wars I and II. In ancient times, the Olympic Games were always held in Greece, in the mountains of Olympia. Each modern Olympics is held in various major cities around the world.

Previously, the games were only open to Greek citizens and athletes from Mediterranean countries. Athletes of all nations are invited to the modern Games. Another big difference is that the women's competition has become an important part of the modern Games. The female winners receive the same honors as the male winners. The ancient Games had awards for cultural achievement, while modern competitions are purely athletic.

Many of the competitions held at the modern Olympics were previously unknown. These include: cycling, yacht and canoe racing, football, basketball, judo, rifle shooting and water polo. One of the most popular events of the modern Olympics is the marathon. This grueling forty-two-kilometer run is the ultimate test of endurance for runners. The marathon was not included in the competition program of the ancient Olympics, despite the fact that it originated in Greece.

And finally, a relatively recent innovation in the history of the Olympics is the Winter Olympics, which were first held in 1924. They are held separately from the summer ones, but in the same year. The Winter Olympics include competitions in skiing, speed skating, figure skating, ice hockey, luge, bobsleigh, and biathlon. Such sports, which require cold weather, could never have appeared in the warm climate of Greece.

Author: Likum A.

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With the discovery of Antarctica, the famous English navigator James Cook (1728-1779) was very unlucky. In search of the southern continent, he reached latitude 30 degrees 1774 minutes on the meridian 71 degrees 10 minutes west on January 106, 34. There the ship ran into a solid field of pack ice that stretched to the horizon, and Cook was forced to turn back to the north. Before Cook, not a single person penetrated so far to the south - moreover, in this area and for more than 200 years after Cook, not a single ship passed so far to the south.

The reason for Cook's bad luck was that he sought to find the southern continent from a direction that was far from optimal. The extreme point reached by him lies south of the latitude at which at least half of the coast of Antarctica is located. If he had sailed further west (for example, between 30 and 160 degrees east longitude), he could have seen Antarctica at much lower latitudes. Cook, on the other hand, was in an area where the coast of Antarctica slopes far to the south.

The great navigator exacerbated his failure with a proud statement made after returning from this trip: “I can safely say that not a single person will ever dare to penetrate further south than I did. The lands that may be in the south will never be explored ".

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