Pheidippides

The Greeks were exhausted as the battle came to the end of the Marathon city the persians sented Pheidippides too go to the Athens.

Over rocky mountains Pheidippides ran from the Marathon to the Athens to send some amazing news but Pheidippides had no food and water. Pheidippides felt so exhausted but he never gave up.

Arriving in Athens Pheidippides shouted  “Joy! We won!” until he clapped  and died.

Ben Johnson

At the start Ben Johnson did not look human and he had big red eyes and had huge muscles to and he was versing carl Lewis.

During the race the 100 metre sprint were staring now it is time for the race and all eyes were on two men Ben Johnson and carl Lewis when Ben Johnson was running he was so phenomenal so they stopped the race because no one could catch up with him and he broke the world record.

When they were doing a test for your urine if your take drugs Ben Johnson raced to the airport then 3 hours later some people came strippet his gold medal and gave it to carl Lewis and lost his world record.

  

Olympics flame

The ancient Greeks started the tradition of having an Olympic flame. In Olympia a sacred flame is lit by the sun's rays and stays alight until the games have ended. The flame symbolized a request for protection from Zeus and the athletes’ struggles for victory.

The modern flame symbolizes the light of the spirit, knowledge and life to this day, the torch is still lit in Olympia in Greece, then carried by a relay team, passing runner to runner, until it reaches the host-city of the games. There, the cauldron will be lit and stay alight until the closing ceremony.