1I. Here is a short history of the Olympic Games. Fill each blank with a suitable word or phrase from the list below the text. Nobody knows exactly when the Olympic Games .. (1). Some historians think it was Over 3,500 years ago - but the first recorded Games ... (2) at Olympia in 776 B.C. In the early days there was just one .. (3) - a 192 metre race called the stade. Gradually, the Games of Olympia grew and grew until they were (4) all over Greece. They were held in honour of Zeus and always involved lots of religious.. (5) as well as sporting events. Athletes travelled long distances to compete in them every ... ....(6) years and the winners became national heroes. During the Olympic Games there was always a truce in any Greek war. After the Romans... decline until 393 A.D.,when they were stopped altogether. The ancient site of Olympia was .. (8) 1,100 years later when interest in the Olympics began to . ... (9). But it was one man - Pierre de Coubertin - who did......(10) than anyone else to bring the classical Games back ... the ancient Olympics, he decided in 1889 to try and revive them. For him the Games represented .. (13) which the modern world badly needed: "co-operation between nations, honour, physical standards". As a result of his endeavours, the first . ... 14) Olympics took place in Athens in 1896 when 295 athletes from 13 countries attended. Interestingly, they will return to Athens in 2004. The Olympic flame has been .. .. (15) ever since as a symbol of peace, harmony, and friendship. The major sporting event in modern times, the Games have been cancelled only twice, during the World Wars. . (7) Greece the Games slowly began to (11).... - (12) by fairness, high moral and took place event four modern to life famous ideals rediscovered burning conquered ceremonies began fascinated reviveoooe more​