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" Hi! I'm Russell. I'm going to tell you all about the Olympics. I learned some neat stuff about the Olympics. I chose 6 things to share with you.

" Did you know Greece won the most medals in the first Olympics in 1896 which is 47 medals?

" I found out that the United States won the most medals in the world at the Summer Olympics with an amount of 2,189 medals.

" Did you know the five rings represent the five major continents of the world which are: Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and South America?

" Not even one country in the Southern Hemisphere ever hosted an Olympic Games.

" Did you know the sports in the Summer Olympics are: (archery, basketball, beach volleyball, boxing, canoe / kayak, cycling, diving, fencing, gymnastics, handball, judo, mountain biking, rowing, sailing, shooting, soccer, swimming, synchronized swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, triathlon (swimming, biking, running), volleyball, water polo, weightlifting, and wrestling. etc.)

" The Winter Olympic sports are: (alpine skiing, bobsled, cross-country skiing, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and speed skating. etc.)1

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