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- 1. _________ were not allowed to compete in the Ancient Games except for equestrian events
- 5. Rather than representing countries, Ancient Olympians were proud to represent their ______, such as Athens or Sparta
- 7. The Ancient Olympics were held in his honor
- 12. The last event of the Games was a race in _____ called the hoplitodromos-- which would have been hot and heavy!
- 13. Site of the Ancient Olympic games
- 14. The ________ is a symbol of the Olympics-- it travels from Athens to the Olympic site and lights a cauldron
- 15. The Ancient and modern games are held every ____ years
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- 2. The winner of an Ancient Olympic event was crowned with this
- 3. Most of the days of the Ancient Olympics ended with a __________ so the athletes and spectators were well fed
- 4. Site of the horse races and chariot races
- 6. Olympic event with 5 different sports, including running, throwing and jumping events
- 8. Running races, wrestling, boxing and pankration were all held at this site
- 9. This event is like wrestling and boxing-- no rules except for no gouging of the eyes or biting
- 10. This country will be hosting the summer Olympics in 2021
- 11. Before the competition started both the athletes and trainers had to take an ___ that they had trained for 10 months & would obey the rules