The birth of Olympia 776 BC
Ollie-Lympian talks to BBC Sport Academy about his experiences at the Ancient
Games.
In 776 BC I competed in the very first ancient Olympic games in Greece at
Olympia.
They were held every four years and all wars were suspended to allow the competition
to go ahead.
Thousands of people came from nearby countries to watch but women were not
allowed.
Our personal coaches helped us train for 10 months before we had to pass a
personality and physical test to take part.
You get athletes these days wearing all sorts of fancy clothes but back then
it was different. We ran completely naked. Honestly.
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