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Introduced in early Greek civilization, gymnastics facilitated physical body development utilizing a variety of activities including running, jumping, Wrestling, weight lifting, swimming and throwing. The later history of gymnastics is closely related to the ancient Olympic Games, but a thousand years before the first Olympics, King Minos (and others during the Crete Minoan period 2,700 BC - 1,400 BC) had already advocated such physical exercises. In 776 BC, the Greeks held the first Olympic games, which was a festival dedicated to their god, Zeus. In this game there was only a foot race of 200 yards. These first Olympic games continued for about 1,100 years The ancient Greeks practiced physical exercises and routines and as a result, gymnastics was added in the ancient Olympic Games along with boxing, wrestling, throwing, jumping, and Weightlifting.

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