The Olympics for BeginnersClear, concise, entertaining assessment of the Olympic Games. Toropov travels back in time to look at the original Greek Olympics and offers a brisk tour of the modern Olympic movement as well as simplifying the rules and regulations of the summer and winter competitions. |
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alpine amateurism American Athens Avery Brundage biathlon bobsled boycott Brandon Toropov champion COMPETITORS contest Coubertin cross-country skiing debut decathlon doping downhill skiing East German EVENTS INCLUDE first-place finish FLAME freestyle GIANT SLALOM global gold medals Golden moments Greek gymnastics ICE HOCKEY International Olympic Committee Japan Jesse Owens Lake Placid long jump marathon medal count MEN'S AND WOMEN'S meter race modern Olympic movement Moritz Nazi official Olympic OLYMPIC COMPETITION Olympic Games Olympic heroes Olympic history Olympic sport Olympics For Beginners overall medal PLAYERS RELAY runner Russian SCORE shooting silver medal ski jumping skier skiing event snagged SONJA HENIE Soviet Union speed skating squad STADIUM summer and winter Summer Games Summer Olympics swimmer swimming Thorpe three gold medals Tonya Harding took the gold total medals TOURNAMENT track and field two-man Unified Team victory weightlifting Winter Games Winter Olympics WOMEN COMPETE won gold won the gold world record