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Olympics
The Olympic Games is a major sports event, where thousands of Athletes come from all around the world to a city or country to compete. There three type of Olympics there is the original games, the Paralympics, and the youth Olympics. Each set of games is played in either during the summer or winter. The original Olympics was played in Olympia, Greece, and the athletes played in honour of the Greek god Zeus. Today, the Olympics are held by different cities in different countries that are chosen by vote bi-annually to hold the games. In the opening ceremonies they light the Olympic flame, then the sport events take place over a month or less, and it ends with the closing ceremonies.
The Arthur series mentions the Olympics many times, including the episodes Francine Frensky, Olympic Rider, World Girls, Team Trouble, Francine Goes to War, The Good Sport, D.W. Flips and The Tardy Tumbler.
Events[edit]
- Baseball
- Softball
- Judo
- Wrestling
- Diving
- Swimming
- Synchronise Swimming
- Water Polo
- Basketball
- Soccer/ Football
- Canoe
- BMX
- Mountain Biking
- Road Cycling
- Track Cycling
- Gymnastics
- Volleyball
- Equestrian
- Archery
- Tennis
- Badminton
- Boxing
- Shooting
- Rowing
- Sailing
- Handball
- Table Tennis
- Triathlon
- Weightlifting
- Fencing
- Figure Skating
- Speed Skating
- Hockey
- Curling
- Cross Country Sking
- Alpine Sking
- Sky Jumping
- Nordic Combined
- Freestyle Sking
- Snowboarding
- Biathlon
- Luge
- Bobsleding
- Skeleton
Olympic Atheletes Seen or Mentioned on Arthur[edit]
- Mrs. Pariso
- Babe Didrikson
- Michelle Kwan
