olympic games

Presents photographs and profiles of the women basketball players who represented the United States in the 2000 Olympics.

A simple introduction to the Olympic sport of snow skiing.

Provides fun facts and brief histories of each gymnastic event played in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Having been kidnapped from a ship leaving plague-ridden Athens in 430 B.C., twelve-year-old Nic attempts to escape his captors and keep his promise to meet his friend at the Olympic games.

History of the modern Olympics examining the political, economical, social, and religious significance of the game.

While looking for his running shoes before a race at school, fifteen-year-old Rex Jones is transported by his mysterious cell phone to the Olympics, where a strange man gives him a new pair of shoes just before he competes in the 100-meter final.

Describes the story behind the victory of the U.S. hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid.

Olivia Hudson's dream of becoming an Olympic skater seems to be ruined when her father moves to Alpin Lake, Colorado.

A description of the Olympic games from their beginning in Olympia, Greece, in 776 B.C. to the present time.

Explores the development of the modern Olympic games from their inception in 1896, discussing location, logistics, rituals, events, and who is allowed to participate.