Athena @ Pt England School: The London Olympics !

The first Olympic Games were held in Greece in 770 BC. The Olympic Games are every four years. This year it is in London, it's been the third time the Games have been held there.

New Zealand was brilliant in the Olympics, winning 13 medals. New Zealand are coming 16th in the medal count with 5 Golds, 3 Silvers and 5 bronze. The 1st person to win a Gold Medal for New Zealand was Ted Morgan, for the welterweight class in boxing at the 1928 Amsterdam Games.

Heaps of people get medals, everyone tries to get to the Gold, sometimes it never happens and sometimes it does. USA is coming 1st in the medal count with a total of 104 medals. Not far from USA, is China coming 2nd with 87. Michael Phelps will now be retiring from the Olympics, he won himself 22 medals this year, with a record of 18 Golds.

The Olympics was very fun. I enjoyed watching it, and can't wait until the next one which will be held in Rio. I liked watching the sprints. I hope New Zealand can do better and win some more next time.

Thanks to Patrick for helping me.

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