Getting Ready for Rio!

This term we´ve been learning about the Olympics Rio! We learnt what athletes eat, there diet and how they train. Our class, Room 4 had to team up into 4 or 5. I had to  be with Tevita, Judah and Moroni, it felt weird being the only girl in my group but then I kinda got use to it and actually felt like they were brothers to me. Us 5 were called the Ifo ifo Squad, meaning the Yum Yum Squad. We researched about what there diet is, how they train, whats good to eat and the fiber and protein thats in food. We then presented a slideshow to our class and had to talk about what that slide is about, we had our own little scripts and practiced to sound like real professional speech talkers. Above this paragraph theirs a presentation, this is what we found out about boxing. Please Enjoy!

How the Olympics came to be!

Olympics are a massive sporting event that takes part in different countries around the world every four years, they provide summer and winter sports. Athletes compete against each other to win medals for their nation. Top athletes around the world qualify to represent their country or nation.

The olympics began in 776 Bc (Before christ), starting off with the sport of running. Athletes could only run a 100m track, at the time only men were allowed to compete. Theodosius the first then announced that all Pugan cults were banned, Emperor Theodosius was a christian and abolished the games because the Olympic games were dedicated to pagan god and banned all pagan practises. 15 hundred years later in 1896 the summer and winter sports were then introduced and began to play.

This year the Olympic games are held at Rio, Brazil. Every four years a chosen country will help the Olympics, When a country holds the Olympics. The country will then get a lot of tourism and mediaworks. Rio Brazil had redone hotels, restaurants and the big stadium to a high standard. The owners of these places will get a lot of money coming in, this is similar to the Rugby world cup and the Commonwealth games held at a certain country.

Olympic games have changed over the past few years, such as more events, changes of the rules and much more. Back in the days Women were not allowed to compete or watch the olympic games only men were, at that time the olympics were only held at greece but now the Olympics are held in different countries. Also back in the days they had to compete in the nude, running with just a small rag covering there rare part. Olympics was also based on sporting excellence, Meaning you would have to be at least good at Discus, Shot put, Running, Jumping, Fighting/Wrestling and Javelin.

The Olympics 2016 has come around, all around the world are celebrating the start of the Olympics especially in Rio. I wish all the New Zealand athletes a good luck, especially my personal favourite Valerie Adams. One of my favourite sport in the olympics is Discus and she inspires me to push my excellence in Discus. I'm excited to watch her play and study her technique and position, imitating her skills makes me feel like I´m in the Olympics.