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Thursday, 25 August 2016

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What do the Olympic rings symbolize?
The Rings. The five-ringed symbol of the Olympic Games. The rings are five interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field, known as the "Olympic rings". The rings represent 5 world continents, Africa, Asia, America, Europe and Australia.

Who composed the Olympic Anthem?
Spyridon Samaras
What countries are participating in the Olympics?



Albania · 6 athletes


Algeria · 65 athletes


American Samoa · 4 athletes



Andorra · 5 athletes


Angola · 26 athletes


Antigua & Barbuda · 9 athletes
History of the Olympic Flame
Olympic flame. The Olympic flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its originslie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics.
What famous NZ has carried it and what year?

According to ancient tradition, the Olympic flame will be lit at a ceremony in the Greek city of Olympia on 21 April (22 April NZT) and will complete a short relay of Greece before being passed over to Rio 2016. With the announcement of the full Brazilian route, another 246 towns and cities have been confirmed alongside the 83 revealed when the torch was unveiled last July.
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Tuesday, 23 August 2016

Soccer game

We were in Rio playing soccer and suddenly the other team got a goal and then our team got a goal then we almost won the game but then the other  team cheated by putting spikes in the in the grass. Half of our team got hurt and then we had to ask other people to play with us. Then we got a goal and another and we kept on getting goals and then we won.

Wednesday, 3 August 2016

Valerie Adams

 Valerie Adams

Is 193m high. She has black hair.

She was born in Rotorua in 1984.  She is married to a man called Gabriel Price.

She is famous for shot put. In 2012 she won olympic gold medal. Also she won a gold medal in 2014.

In 2014 she had surgery on her elbow. She lives in Auckland half of her time and half in Switzerland training.

She is the best shot putter in the world.
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