The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece. The first games featured nine sports: athletics, cycling, fencing, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, tennis, weightlifting, and wrestling. Those nine sports remain part of the Summer Games today, but there have been many changes over the past century.When counting sports, some people only count sports as defined by the IOC. This is why you may hear some people say there were 28 sports in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Others, however, count each discipline as a separate sport, which explains why the official website of the 2016 Summer Olympics listed 42 sports.And you never know maybe you will be in the Olympics one day and if you want to do it then you can do it.
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