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The Olympic Games began with a principle of novice competitors with those who practised a sport professionally thought-about to have an unfair advantage over those who practised it merely as a interest. From 1971, Olympic athletes have been allowed to obtain compensation and sponsorship, and from 1986, the IOC decided to make all skilled athletes eligible for the Olympics, with the exceptions of boxing, and wrestling. A wide range of sports have been already established by the point of Ancient Greece and the army tradition and the event of sport in Greece influenced each other significantly. Sport became such a distinguished a half of their culture that the Greeks created the Olympic Games, which in ancient instances were held every four years in a small village within the Peloponnesus known as Olympia. In competitive occasions, participants are graded or categorized primarily based …