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World Service,03 Aug 2004,22 mins

Ancient Olympics - the games

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Third in a series of programmes about the first Olympics. The Greeks divided their sports into two groups, 'heavy' and 'light', The heavy games included boxing, wrestling and a no-holds-barred grappling contest called pankration. The 'light' games were the running races. There were also equestrian events.

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