Politics, cultures and history all matter in the Olympics.
And they all matter to our nation.
The sport has become a key part of our national identity.
It’s an element of who we are as a nation.
In the past, it was often viewed as a sport that only people who excelled at it could compete in.
But that is no longer the case.
The Olympic Games are a global event, which has brought together nations, with each country playing its part in shaping the future of their own country.
There is a great deal at stake for every country, with the games set to deliver a new generation of athletes and entertainers to the world.
So we wanted to look back at some of the most memorable events in Olympic history.
First up, the first ever Olympic Games – a sporting event in which the most skilled athletes competed at the highest level.
In 1896, athletes from more than a dozen nations competed in the opening event, the 100m individual medley relay.
They all went on to win gold medals.
Later that year, in the first-ever Olympic women’s final, France won gold in the 10,000m individual hurdles and bronze in the individual 200m.
The 100m freestyle relay was the first of the games to be contested in full on the track.
The event saw many world record holders and elite sprinters competing.
The first ever 100m Olympic race was held in the South African city of Pretoria in 1906.
The winner took home a $1,000 prize.
The 200m freeriding event was the most successful in the history of the Games, taking in more than 70,000 competitors.
A few years later, the men’s 400m freestore relay took place in Helsinki.
The medal count was almost double that of the women’s relay.
The 400m final was held the following year, at the same venue, in 1908.
The women’s team won gold medals in both the 100 and 200m hurdles, but the men lost in the 400m and 100m hurdles.
The 1900s saw a new era in Olympic sports, as the first modern Olympic Games were held in Berlin.
Germany’s new sports minister and sports minister, Erwin Schönfeld, had the vision of turning Berlin into a centre of excellence for international sports.
The new Olympic Games in 1896 were a showcase for Germany’s success in the sporting field, which Schönfield hoped would make the country a world leader in the Olympic movement.
The Games also witnessed the birth of modern sporting history.
The 1932 Olympics saw Germany’s first ever female athlete in the 100-metre individual medle, Lutz Härmann.
In 1936, the 1936 Berlin Olympics saw the first women’s 100-meter final, with six of the six competitors winning medals.
The Olympics in 1936 also saw the birth and passing of the Olympic Flag.
The Berlin Games saw the start of modern football and rugby in Germany, as well as the introduction of the modern Olympic flag.
The 1912 Games saw Germany claim the first Olympic gold in athletics with the men winning a silver medal.
The 1928 Games saw a young German athlete named Alfred Lippmann win the 100 metres, in Berlin, becoming the first German to do so since 1918.
The 1936 Games saw Hitler become the first Nazi leader to win a medal in a major sporting event, in a time when the sport was regarded as a symbol of Nazism.
The 1920s saw the rise of international sporting competition, as nations competed to be the best in their fields.
The 1924 Games saw an outbreak of the Black Death, which swept across Europe and killed more than half a million people in a matter of days.
The 1918 Games saw Britain take first place in the men, with Germany winning gold.
In 1924, the Olympic torch relay was launched, and the 1936 Games was the biggest event in German sports history.
It saw Germany host two of the biggest sporting events of the day, the football World Cup and the rugby World Cup.
In 1940, the Nazi government outlawed the international boxing and wrestling competitions, but they returned in 1952.
The games also saw two of history’s biggest sporting controversies.
In 1932, the world’s most famous sportsman, the great athlete and athlete of the 20th century, Babe Ruth, was found dead at age 43 in his Berlin home.
In 1938, the Nazis launched Operation Barbarossa, the largest ever military operation in Europe.
The operation saw German and allied troops storming into Soviet territory in an attempt to secure the release of the world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali.
Hitler’s victory at the 1936 Olympic Games was celebrated in many ways, including with the official unveiling of the World’s Largest Ball.
The 1933 Games saw one of the greatest sports moments in the country’s history.
A German football player, Hans Jahn, won the silver medal in the 50-metres individual medling relay, beating world records by nearly a second.
The 1934 Games saw
