The Marathon & Olympics

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Across
  1. 2. They were the people that came from far and wide in order to watch the games.
  2. 4. ________ was everything because there were no second or third places.
  3. 6. This was a short running race of between 180 and 240 meters
  4. 8. These Olympic games took place every four years as well, but not simultaneously.
Down
  1. 1. to celebrate the occasion of something special.
  2. 3. This competition consisted of five sports.
  3. 5. Pheidippides is said to have run from _________ city to Athens in order to deliver the news.
  4. 7. This is the country where the first Olympics took place in 776 BCE.