Olympics

 29.07.21

Olympics

Have you ever heard of the Olympics? The Olympics is a series of events where people from all around the world compete. This year is 2021 and the host of the 2021 Olympics is Japan because Tokyo is in Japan and the Olympics are happening in Tokyo.

Tennis

Tennis is part of the olympics. It is one of the games that people play in the olympics. There are men and women singles and doubles. There is also a mixed double which includes one man and one woman. Over 206 countries are playing in the game in 2021. Tennis is played with one ball and a racquet which the players hit the ball with. There is a net in the middle and the ball has to bounce once in a square then the player must hit it to the other player. To win the game a player or team has to score 4 points or more.

Tennis has been a game in the olympics since 1896 in the first summer, when the first modern olympic game started but then it was taken out of the olympics because after the Paris 1924 Games. Tennis was in the Olympics again after 64 years when Miloslav Mecir and Steffi Graf won a gold medal in the two singles tournaments at Seoul 1988.

New Zealand Playing Tennis

New Zealand plays tennis and is competing in the olympics. Marcus Daniell and Michael Venus are playing in the men's double for New Zealand. New Zealand hasn’t won any medals in tennis yet but they could.

The history of Olympics

There are ancient Olympics and modern Olympics. The ancient Olympics started in 776 BC. They did this to honor their god Zues and it started in a town called olympia in Greece. When it first started there was only one sport and lasted one day but more sports got added and it lasted for five days. The ancient Olympics were good but didn’t last because it ended in 393 AD. It took 1503 years for the Olympics to return but it got a new name: the modern olympics. The modern Olympics are still here to this day. There are more people playing. More people are enjoying themselves and the Olympics is now a worldwide thing that everyone knows of.

                                                                                                                By Neha