Combat Sports

Combat Sports — page 1 — Going for Gold The athletes The drama The glory There's nothing else like the Olympics It happens every four years Athletes put on one of the greatest shows in sports They all share one dream a gold medal Combat sports have always been part of the games They are tests of strength skill and will When was the first Olympic Games

Combat Sports — page 2 — Japanese wrestler Kaori Icho shows off the gold medal she won in the 2012 Olympics Xizuno The very first Olympics was held in Greece It was 776 B C But the games we know today started in 1896 5

Combat Sports — page 3 — Women have been wrestling each other at the Olympics since 2004 Which nation has the most Olympic wrestling medals

Combat Sports — page 4 — Wrestling Two wrestlers step onto the mat The match begins The wrestlers circle each other One strikes She takes down the other woman She pins her to the mat This is wrestling It was one of the first Olympic sports The sport has changed a lot But the basics are the same Wrestlers use strength and power to win the match The Soviet Union does It is no longer a country yet it still holds the record with 132 medals The United States is second with 128

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