These games are watched by a great part of (above all the male half, but still) the European society! Thought all of you living in the rest of the world should know !!!
This is much better than sending young athletic men to fight wars against each other!!! Something Europeans have done at length !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Olympic Games:
Pausanias, who was a historian living during the 3rd century BC, wrote that the first Olympic Games, the Heraias, were invented by the 16 heads of the villages of Elis on the Peloponesis around “Olympia” several hundred years before the male games.
Each elder was the most revered woman of her village. The reason for the games was to settle grievances between Elis and Pisa in a nonviolent way. Girls were to run a stadium length (shorter than the present one), and that would settle the differences.
You can check this out on the internet, that´s where I found the (not very widespread) information.
P.S. Sweden loses the game 0 to 2 against Russia, our arch-enemy since there were national states !!! 45 seconds to go…
Sally Omar, 2 months ago
Heluva, What a great idea….no more wars…would be awesome!!!!!! Sally xxoo
HELUA in reply to Sally Omar’s comment, 2 months ago
Isn´t this information awsome!!! And hardly ever mentioned…what women do is so natural…no big deal…It makes me angry, that our female history is ignored! Thanks so much for your comment, Sally !!!
George Swann, 2 months ago
Sad that you lost!! you need some younger players…but at least you qualified unlike England.
HELUA in reply to George Swann’s comment, 2 months ago
Thanks, George, for comforting me! That´s what the Swedish commentators say also. Still, a competition is supposed to have winners, and losing can´t be avoided, can it!? Thanks for coming by!!!