An Eye on the Olympics: Origins of the sports - The Snowflake ...

Do you know the origin of some of the Olympics sports? (Part 1 of 3)

Archery - Bows and arrows were a part of the ancient Egyptian culture.It was later adopted and embraced by many Asian countries.

Badminton - Created by British military officers in mid-18th century British India.

Basketball - Invented by Dr. James Naismith. Naismith was born in Canada and became a physician in Montreal. He invented the basketball game in 1891 while he was trying to figure our an indoor game for a 14-day program to provide "athletic distraction" at the School of Christian Workers.

Beach Volleyball - Most accounts have it that beach volleyball began in Santa Monica in1920s when the first volleyball courts were put on the beaches at the Playground.

Boxing - Never realized the long history of boxing which can be dating back to 2nd and 3rd?millennium?B.C. in both Egypt and Greek. Its original forms included bare fist and bare knuckle fights.

Canoe/Kayak - Canoes were "dugout" tree trunks used for transportation in the?Caribbeans.?The origin of canoeing as a recreation and sport is often attributed to Scottish explorer?John McGregor?(1825?1892), who was introduced to canoes on a camping trip in Canada and the USA in 1858.??


Cycling - Unable to fine the history of cycling other than?The first documented cycling race?was a 1,200 metre race held on May 31, 1868 at the Parc of?Saint-Cloud, Paris.

Diving -?The origins of modern diving can be traced to two European venues?-?Halle?in?Germany?and?Sweden.?It was a traditional?specialty?of the guild of salt boilers, called Halloren to practise certain swimming and diving skills.? The Halloren used to perform a series of diving feats from a bridge into the River Saale.? In 1840 in contact with the German gymnastics movement the world's first diving association was formed.? Most of its members were gymnasts starting their tumbling routines as a kind of water gymnastic.? Thus diving became very popular in?Germany.

Source: http://thesnowflakepowerofdiversity.blogspot.com/2012/07/an-eye-on-olympics-origins-of-sports.html

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