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The Development Of The Women’s Olympics Mostly Lie In Hera

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Most people know that women were all forbidden to participate in the ancient Greek Olympics, but it's beyond imagination that women's Olympic Games was held in this old civilized territory

The ancient Greek women's Olympic Games was also named "Hera Games". Hera was the wife of the king worshiped by all of the ancient Greek gods, the most powerful god of this ancient world, Zeus. According to the record, the founder of the Hera Games established in the six Century BC was Hippodamia, the wife of the ancient Olympic Games' founder Per Ropes. In order to celebrate the happiness of marriage and reward Queen Hera, Hippodamia organized the first women's athletics in Olympia composed by the 16 girls out of the 16 states.

After that, it became an important custom. The "Hera Games" was also organized for once every four years at Holy Land in Olympia at the end of June and the beginning of July by the age of the competitors in three groups. The main project of the Hera Games was women's race which was relatively shorter compared with that of men's And the youngest women group's running distance was approximately 32 meters.

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... winner of the Hera Games will also be awarded a corolla made of the holy olive branches, and get a ritual of beef used for the memorial of the god as it is in the Olympic Games, what's more, he or she can also leave their own portraits at Olympia. According to historical records, "Hera Games" lasted until 146 BC when it was interrupted by the Roman Empire's invasion to Greece, as long as about 450 years.
The semifinal between WangYihan and the Indian contestant Nehwal could be said the brilliant competition in women's singles for Chinese badminton team. For this reason, LiYongbo personally command WangYihan in this competition. When faults occurred, LiYongbo yelled, just like "play steadily" and "don't worry" or other simple words, there was no specific technical and tactical guidance.

WangYihan gave a closely hug to Li and other coaches after the competition finished, she said because she never had lost Nehwal before, therefore she occupied the superiority in the psychology.

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