125 Years of Olympics
125 Years of Olympics

Author: Aniket Mishra

Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt Limited

Published: 2024-07-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789361562372

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The Olympic Games bind us like no other performative event. They evoke emotion. They get us attached to entities and athletes from other corners of the globe, and through them, we tend to explore the complexities of life, from its challenges and disappointments to its great pleasures. Friendship, aggression, failure, honour, humiliation, pride, loss and hope-these are all facets that we imbibe through the Olympics and thus it makes for a fascinating indulgence. Those who are bitten by the Olympic bug spend years reading and researching about it. And because you are reading this, we are assuming that you too, like us, try and test your passion by sitting, viewing and competing with other aficionados in 'trivial' pursuit-that is, remembering and bouncing off trivia with our peers. Aniket Mishra's book-a brilliant amalgamation of trivia and quiz-celebrates and captures the spirit of the Olympic Games in a way that is vivid, memorable and poignant.

The Olympics
The Olympics

Author: Allen Guttmann

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9780252070464

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Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.

A Brief History of the Olympic Games
A Brief History of the Olympic Games

Author: David C. Young

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0470777753

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For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.

What Are the Summer Olympics?
What Are the Summer Olympics?

Author: Gail Herman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2016-03-22

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 0399542906

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Back in 775 BC, athletes from all over Ancient Greece came together to compete in various games. The contests were held every four years and winning athletes brought honor and respect to their homelands. The tradition of the Olympic Games faded over time until 1896, when they were brought back to life. The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, with over two hundred athletes from fourteen countries. Today, nearly three thousand years after the first Games, the Summer Olympics attract one hundred thousand top athletes from over two hundred countries. Billions of fans around the world cheer on their national teams to bring back the gold.

The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games

Author: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing

Published: 2020-04-15

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1838677739

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Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympic Games command public and media attention, while Olympic mythology and ritual obscure their underlying function as a profit-making business enterprise.

The Glory & the Games
The Glory & the Games

Author: United States Olympic Committee

Publisher:

Published: 1997-08

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780918883094

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Inspiring stories from the greatest moments in sports history.The Glory and the Games captures the unique spirit of the Olympic Games through the inspiring stories of 40 of the most heroic Olympic athletes.The stories in this commemorative, photojournalistic collection are divided into three sections: Overcoming Adversity: There's Walter Davis from the U.S., taking the gold medal in the high jump in 1952 after having polio as a child, and Karoly Takacs of Hungary losing his shooting hand to a grenade and coming back to win gold in rapid fire pistol in 1948 and 1956 after learning to shoot with his left hand.The Great Comebacks: These include Dan O'Brien of the U.S., capturing gold at the 1996 Atlanta games after failing to qualify for Barcelona in 1992, and Spiridon Louis, from Greece, who came back from behind in 1896 to win the marathon for the Olympics' home country in the first modern Olympiad.And, of course, there are the Stars: Jim Thorpe, Paavo Nurmi, Olga Korbut, Kip Keino, Jesse Owens, Bonnie Blair, and more.All 40 stories in The Glory and the Games are lavishly accompanied by photos, and each reflects the courage, determination, and excellence that are the Olympic Games.40 in-depth stories and stirring profiles of Olympic champions.

The Olympics
The Olympics

Author: Stephen Halliday

Publisher: David & Charles

Published: 2012-03-09

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 1446356175

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“Halliday is a pass master at assembling golden nuggets of fact . . . amusingly written . . . a fun way to brush up on your Olympic history” (Londonist). Who reprimanded Hitler during the 1936 Olympic Games? When did the Olympic event “shin-kicking” get banned? Which Shakespearean play refers to the Olympic Games? Who was the first official cheat in 388 BC? Find the answers to these questions and many other intriguing aspects of the Olympic Games in this absorbing collection of stories and trivia. Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: The Olympics reveals the beguiling stories behind the well-known history of the Games. It delves into ancient origins in Greece, the predecessors to the modern Games from the seventeenth century onwards, and the little-known facts behind the Olympics in our era. Brush up on the hidden history and unusual facts of the “Greatest Show on Earth,” past and present.