Interesting Facts about Winter Olympic Games

Even if you don’t care much about sports, there’s something magical about the Olympics: Athletes train for years to offer their all and deliver the performance of a lifetime – often within a couple of seconds. We cry happy tears for the winners, feel for the losers, yell at the TV, and high-five strangers. Every two years, we suit a special zone, feel a touch bit more patriotic, and obtain specialized at recognizing flags and national anthems from around the world.

To urge into the Olympic spirit and therefore the emotions that accompany it, we put some facts about the Olympics which will blow your mind – so you've got something to delve into while expecting the subsequent athletic record to be broken (or for the pizza delivery to arrive).

The primary Olympic Games happened within the 8th century B.C. in Olympia, Greece. They were held every four years for 12 centuries. Then, within the 4th century, A.D. All pagan festivals were banned by Emperor Theodosius I and therefore the Olympics were no more. Only four athletes have won medals in both the Winter and therefore the Summer Olympics. just one of them, Christa Ludinger-Rothenburger, won medals within the same year. Tarzan competed within the Olympics: Johnny Weissmuller, an athlete-turned-actor who played Tarzan in 12 movies, won five gold medals in swimming within the 1920s. During the 1936 Berlin Games, two Japanese pole-vaulters tied for second place. rather than competing again, they cut the silver and bronze medals in half and fused the 2 different halves so that each of them had a half-silver and half-bronze medal.

By: Jyoti Nayak

School Name: Birla School, Pilani