Before the Olympics would become the most watched sporting event around the world broadcast in
220 countries and would bring in an average of nine hundred and fifty million dollars in Revenue now
We know why all the countries want to host it?
Before the list of sports would expand from just 62 over 50 events and include a separate youth Olympics and a [special] [olympics]
arrival of the Spice girls
Before host cities of the Olympics would try to Outdo one another in their opening ceremonies with beijing spending a whopping
ninety eight million dollars on their spectacle
Before athletes from over 200 different countries would make their way to the event including the likes of muhammad Ali
Usain Bolt Serena Williams and
Michael Phelps three of those four we have done up before their famous on or an after their famous for Michael the olympics were an
Event pulled out of the history books at the turn of the century
meant to bring the nations of the world together in the spirit of Healthy competition and
C'mon Turi
But at a grand event like this emotions are bound to run high and soon the Olympics would be the center of political
Statements doping scandals bidding bribes riots and Terrorist attacks, what's going on guys?
My name's Michael craig documenting the rise the Olympics breyer to fame here for you up before their fence
We covered a lot of corporations so far including McDonald's guinness, Walmart
But this has definitely got to be the most ancient one
We've covered as always be sure to let me know in the comments down below who you want me to document next
the Olympic games began in ancient Greece in the year
776 BC named after Mount Olympus said to be home with a great gods and goddesses of Greek Mythology
it
Started as a religious festival when greek men from all different cities would gather at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia to show their physical
prowess Winners Rubus toad not only with metals
But with olive branches also all the athletes competed naked which must have made the wrestling event real
interesting Wrinkle free every boy
You want to go first down boy?
Why does it happen every four years well greeks actually counted time and measurements they called?
Olympians which were the equivalent to four of our years pretty cool right the games were ended by the Christian emperor theodosius in
395
Ad well he thought the pagan festival was offensive to his religion
It would be another century and a half before a frenchman pierre de Coubertin
Did I say that right? I tried you're having a hard time tonight?
He had the idea to bring them back
and he formed the international Olympic committee in
1894 the Nonprofit group organized the first official summer games two years later in athens greece the first athlete to take home a medal
Yeah, he was American them them Americans will they just need to have it all open
Canadians we kill in the Winter Olympics hmM there go
nothing else Matters Pierre also designed the Olympic logo in
1914 the Five Rings Linked Together symbolize the Commodity found between the Americas Africa
Asia Europe and oceania through the ages some interesting sports came and went like tug-of-war
live pigeon shooting Rope climb
And a swimming obstacle race which actually sounds like a whole lot of fun the first winter olympics came almost 30 years
Later and the two fell in the same year up until nineteen ninety two
When the committee decided to stagger the events which I think was a good idea
Yes, the olympics were great success, and it seemed the only thing that could stop them was a world war
which is exactly when happened in 1916 then leading up to World War [two] the
Ioc thought it was a good idea to host the games in Nazi Germany
the
1936 Olympics in Berlin or the
Nazi Olympics as they became known if hitler the perfect arena to dazzle foreigners and push his nazi Propaganda
A boycott was proposed when countries heard of Jewish athletes being persecuted
But ultimately well that thing failed Germany was praised for its hospitality
But lurking in to the surface was a terrifying
Portrait of the Oppressive regime to come that was also the olympics where Jesse owens proved to hitler that blacks were not?
inferior when he placed first in the 100 meter dash right in front of deep viewers eyes
Three years after the games ended Hitler unleashed World War 2 bringing the games to a stop again in
1940 and then and 44 the bad luck for Germany continued with the 1972 Munich Olympics where a
[Palestinian] [Terrorist] took 11 israeli athletes
and coaches
Hostage the 18 hour standoff ended in a failed rescue attempt where they were all killed several movies have been made about the tragedy I
Recommend watching the one where Eric bana is a total badass. Yo movie. I just saw him the other day
Which is fucking like mind-blowing. I am seeing it since it came out his munich. Oh
if any of us get laid tonight
It's because of Eric Bana in the nineteen sixty four
Qualifying games held in Lima peru there was an even greater
Tragedy when a riot broke out after her peru goal was taken back by the referees police ended up firing teargas on the Chaos where?
318 People Lost their lives going into the 90s things shifted from violence to internal corruption
We stopped bidding scandals with salt lake city in 2002 where Several Ioc members were charged with accepting bribes
Then there's the doping scandals that have been an ongoing problem with games
Russia really messed that one up recently and even got booed at the opening ceremonies in rio. Why they still doing that stuff it's
2016 people whatever he is
It destroys
Leading up to the 2008 beijing Olympics there was massive Outcry from Amnesty
International who urged the Ioc to select a place that had more concern for human rights
Because we all remember how that went the first time
The games went on anyway and beijing ended up putting on incredible shop
But it certainly isn't all bad and the olympics they've actually
Spearheaded a lot of good the event prides itself in including all people from all walks of life
especially since incorporating the special Olympics and youth Olympics plus women were allowed to compete as early as the
1900s in Sports like Golf Tennis and
equestrian events today every sport in the games must have a woman's competition which I have no problem with
Maybe you should bring [back] the whole naked tradition to you know what I mean, just like out of respect. Yeah, we're talking about Libya
As for the rest of the story while we're watching it unfold and real right now because this is before. They are famous now
There's so much more to be said about the olympics especially the winter ones hawlucha is still a sport
I don't know
But maybe we'll take a look at that and the next [uh] I don't know two years time
Let me know who you want to hear about next in the comments down below. My name's Michael Crichton
This was there before their families on the [olympics]. We could do this on soccer teams we could do this on
Animals, I don't know you guys let us know what you want the history up in the comments down below
My name's Michael crunch. See you guys in another video
And I'm not an athlete so you won't be seeing me at the Olympics although
I could probably host the thing pretty good then they'd be like well. What's all that Media Khalifa stop now. We're not Gonna Hire him
Such is life