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Ancient Olympics - the games
Third in a series of programmes about the first Olympics
Third in a series of programmes about the first Olympics. The Greeks divided their sports into two groups, 'heavy' and 'light', The heavy games included boxing, wrestling and a no-holds-barred grappling contest called pankration. The 'light' games were the running races. There were also equestrian events.
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