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00:21 2,716 years ago, within the shadow
00:26 of beautiful Mount Olympus in the land of ancient Greece,
00:30 was born an institution known as the Olympic Games.
00:35 Emblematic of these glorious athletic festivals
00:38 is the torchbearer, who down through the ages
00:41 has carried aloft the precious flame
00:44 to the far corners of the Earth.
00:46 Rome, Egypt, India, China, through forests and trackless
00:57 ways, over mountains and sea, down to the present day.
01:03 The ritual of the Olympiads demands
01:09 that this heroic flame shall not become extinguished,
01:12 but shall be kept burning at all costs,
01:15 serving as a beacon whose unfailing light shall
01:18 guide all athletes in fair play and clean sportsmanship,
01:23 to give them courage and forever remind them
01:26 of the brave and the strong, whose nerves of steel
01:29 and cool heads shall keep alive and preserve
01:32 at any sacrifice this precious spark for posterity,
01:37 that all mankind shall benefit by the light that never fails.
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01:45 The first Olympic event was foot racing.
01:49 Therefore, let us briefly analyze
01:51 the fundamental strides.
01:54 First, the sprinter.
01:56 Note the powerful piston-like action of the legs
01:59 as compared to the long distance or space-devouring stride
02:02 of the miler.
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02:06 And then that of the marathon runner,
02:08 whose effortless, untiring stride carries him
02:11 for amazing distance.
02:14 And last but not least, the walk.
02:17 Perhaps one of the most graceful of all,
02:19 exacting the perfect coordination of all
02:21 the muscles of the body.
02:23 Note the similarity of the walk to a dance.
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04:43 Hammer throwing, more than any other event,
04:46 calls for terrific muscular development, plus height,
04:51 weight, and mental alertness.
04:54 The hammer must be swung in a circle
04:57 until terrific speed is attained.
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05:36 And last, but far from least, the decathlon,
05:40 a group of 10 events arranged to test
05:42 the athlete's stamina and power.
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06:48 To the victor belong the spoils.
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