Organized sports are not just a modern

phenomenon, they have been around for

over 5,000 years. People of all periods of
time have been concerned with keeping
their body in top physical condition. Many
of these sports have evolved into popular
sports that are played everyday around the
modern world.

“My mother taught me very early to

believe I could achieve any
accomplishment I wanted to. The first
was to walk without braces.”
Wilma Rudolph

map of some cities

which sent competitors
to the Olympics in the
5th century B.C.
Trainer watching wrestlers
chariot race

When the Persian military officer Tigranes "heard that

the prize was not money but a crown [of olive], he
could not hold his peace, but cried, 'Good heavens,
Mardonius, what kind of men are these that you have
pitted us against? It is not for money they contend but
for glory of achievement!'" Herodotus, Histories ,
8.26.3
Glaucus, the son of Demylus,
was a farmer.
"The ploughshare one day fell
out of the plough, and he fitted
it into its place, using his hand
as a hammer; Demylus
happened to be a spectator of
his son's performance, and
thereupon brought him to
Olympia to box. There
Glaucus, inexperienced in
boxing, was wounded... and he
was thought to be fainting from
the number of his wounds.
Then they say that his father
called out to him, 'Son, the
plough touch.' So he dealt his
opponent a more violent blow
which... brought him the
victory. " Pausanias,
Description of Greece , 6.10.
Javelin throwers Athletic training was a basic part of every
Greek boy's education, and any boy who
excelled in sport might set his sights on
competing in the Olympics. The Olympic
competition included preliminary matches or
heats to select the best athletes for the final
competition.
Not all athletes lived up to this code of
excellence. Those who were discovered
cheating were fined, and the money was
used to make bronze statues of Zeus, which
were erected on the road to the stadium. The
statues were inscribed with messages
javelin throwers describing the offences, warning others not
to cheat, reminding athletes that victory was
won by skill and not by money, and
emphasizing the Olympic spirit of piety
toward the gods and fair competition.
Victorious athletes were professionals in the sense that they
lived off the glory of their achievement ever afterwards. Their
hometowns might reward them with free meals for the rest of
their lives, cash, tax breaks, honorary appointments, or
leadership positions in the community. The victors were
memorialised in statues and also in victory odes, commissioned
from famous poets.

A jumper
 Hockey Handball Gymnastics (floor exercise

Gymnastics(consecutive
Javelin Throw Fishing
vault)

Boxing Weightlifting Equestrian

 Rowing

High Jump Swimming

Rhythmic Gymnastics Tug of Hoop

Archery

Marathon
Equilibrium Tug of War
 The capstone of Hatha Yoga is
strength, stamina and supreme control
of the body functions. The zenith of
the whole experience is the fusion of
meditation and physical movement.
The ' eight - fold method '
encompasses techniques associated
with breathing control or pranayama,
body posture or asanas, and
withdrawal of the senses or
pratyahara.
Swimming, sword - fighting ( fencing, as we
know it today ), running, wrestling and ball
games were immensely popular among the
students of Nalanda and Taxila. In the 16th
century.

Gautam Buddha
himself, is said to
have been an ace at
archery, chariot -
racing, equitation
and hammer -
throwing.
Gautam Buddha himself, is said to have been an ace at archery, chariot
- racing, equitation and hammer - throwing.
Villas Mani Manjri, Tiruvedacharya describes many of these games in
detail.
Raja Krishnadev of Krishnanagar was an ace wrestler and horseman.
the range of sports activity, and the many sports venues, in the city
impressed the then Portuguese ambassador.
 Manas Olhas ( 1135 AD.), Someshwar
writes at length about bharashram (
weight - lifting ), bharamanshram (
walking ), both of which are established
Olympic disciplines at present and Mall -
Stambha, a peculiar form of wrestling,
wherein both contestants sit on the
shoulders of their 'seconds', who stand in
waist - deep water throughout the game.
Kila Raipur Rural Sports Festival