According to ancient Greek authors, the first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. The competitions were part of a religious festival dedicated to the god Zeus. They were originally local in nature and were held in Elide, an area in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese, where today's Olympia is located. Later, the games spread to the entire Peloponnese peninsula, and then became Greek in general. It is believed that the Spartan legislator Liking played a major role in the formation of the Olympic Games...

Hello. Now, I’m going to tell you about horseback riding. History of the the sport. The first mention of the participation of horse-drawn chariots in the Olympic Games dates back to 680 BC. But equestrian sport was first included in the program of the Summer Olympic Games in 1900. In pre-revolutionary Russia, national horse games and horse races were developed since ancient times - Central Asia, Transcaucasia, the North Caucasus, as well as areas inhabited by Cossacks. The biggest competitions...