Olympic Games Essay The Olympic Games were created in 1894. Baron Pierre De Coubertin came up with the Olympic Games because he was inspired by the Ancient Olympic Games in Greece from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. He was a French educator and historian and then later discovered the Olympics. He is considered the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was at sciences Po when he came up with the idea of Summer Olympic Games. The 1906 summer Olympics revived it and the Olympic Games has become the world's foremost sports competition. In 1912, at the Summer Olympics, Coubertin won the gold medal for literature for his poem Ode To Sport. For the city hosting the Olympics, there can be many advantages, and many disadvantages. In …show more content…
One of them is Jesse Owens. Ownes ran track in the Olympics. He was a four-time Olympic gold medalist. Jesse participated in the sprints and the long jump. While setting 3 world records, he was known as the greatest and most famous athlete in track and field history. He was originally number 4, but then he won 4 gold metals and set two world records in the most heated environment. Owens won the 100 and 200-meter yard dash, the long jump and participated in the 4x100 meter relay team in1936. They now have an award names after him, the Jesse Owens award, in 1981. This award is given to annually to the country's top track and field athlete. The second person is Michael Phelps. He is an American swimmer. Phelps is the most successful Olympian of all time. He has won 28 medals and hold the record for Olympic gold medals. He has won 13 gold medals in individual event and 16 Olympic medals also in individual events. In 2008 he won 8 gold medals at the Beijing Games. He broke a record that was set in 1972 by Mark Spitz of 7 first place …show more content…
I think this because these two sports are fun to watch. I think more people would watch the Olympics if they were a part of it. Almost all the games are exciting to watch and that would bring more people in. Baseball is played all around the world. Having it all around the world means everyone knows the sport and it is common. Baseball was of the Olympics 6 times. USA has had 1 gold medal, 2 bronze, and 3 total medals. When baseball was part of the Olympics, it was organized by the international baseball federation and with the host city of the games. Both of these sports are competitive, fun and popular. I feel as is the Olympics would bring in way more money with involving these two sports. Also, many people would pay to watch it, leading to more money coming in. Baseball was already in the Olympics before. It got taken out because of the cost of it. From researching, I've found that tennis costs way more than it did to have baseball in the Olympics. American football is played in over 80 different countries and was invented in the 1800's before the Olympics began. It would be and exciting addition to the summer Olympics. I think it would increase the growth of football worldwide. It would help insure that American football ca grow anywhere. I believe that baseball and football should be put in the Olympics. More people would be interested, and more money would be brought