4. How The Olympic Games Started!
The last Olympic games was on the 4th of
August 2008 - 24th August 2008 in Beijing!
They always used to say as they do now
5. Olympic Runners
Paula Radcliffe
Paula's first successful race was in 1992, when she won the junior title in the World Cross Country
Championships when she beat her competitors by quite a way. In the 1993 World Championships
when she was just 19, Paula came in 7th place.
Usain Bolt
Bolt has one of the most apt names in athletic running. He is a Jamaican born athletic sprinter, and
was born on 21st August 1986 in Trelawney, Jamaica. He has won three gold medals in his time
for his performances in the World Games and Olympic Games
6. More Olympic Runners
Duncan Kibet
Duncan Kibet is a long distance runner born in Kenya on 25th April 1978. Kibet attended school in
Kenya, however he was forced to leave school in 1997 due to financial issues. He was quite late
to enter into his running career, and was spurred on by his older brother. Brother Luke Metto
was a relatively successful runner himself around the millennium .
Michael Johnson
Michael Duane Johnson is an American professional athlete, specialising in sprint running. He was
born on 13th September 1967 in Dallas, United States. Johnson’s father was a truck driver and
his mother was a teacher. Johnson released an autobiography called ‘Slaying The Dragon’ where
he told of how his mother and father had brought Johnson and his siblings up.