Welcome to The 3D RadioActivity, and this week and next we are playing songs as we observe The Olympic Games going on in London, the athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes.
Currently the Games are open to all, even the top professional athletes in basketball and soccer. In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter sports. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition. The ancient Olympic Games included several of the sports that are now part of the Summer Games program, which at times has included events in as many as 32 different sports.
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