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they would play fair.There were rules to keep them a that way. Officials also watched them. And cheaters Image credit The Metropolitan could get a public beating. Museum of Art This plate shows an ancient chariot But everyone wanted to win. So, some still cheated. race involving Pelops Pelops is sand to have cheated in order to win Historians say that most cheating was bribery. There was also foul play.An athlete might try to gouge out an eye. When? During a wrestling match. It wasn't just the athletes. Judges cheated, too.One group of judges picked the winner from their own city-state. The judges were fined. But the winner still won. Cheating still happens in the Olympics today. It happened at the 2002 Winter Games. A French judge gave Russian figure skaters high scores A Russian judge was meant to do the same for French figure skaters. But the Russian judge didn't do that. So the Russian skaters won. Later,officials found out what happened. Skaters from Canada had finished second. They had won silver medals.But they were given gold medals just like the Russian skaters. The French Judge couldn't be a judge again for three years. Ancient Olympic officials tried to keep athletes honest.They put up statues of cheaters. Each statue had a sign. The sign said what the cheater did wrong. It was a public scolding. The first statue was for a boxer. He bribed other athletes to let him win. But the statues didn't stop the cheating. Even the origin story of the Olympics tells about cheating, Pelops was the made-up founder of the Olympics.The story said he used bribes to win.He even sabotaged a chariot race. Today there's a code of ethics. It says Olympic athletes must play fair. They must have ?spirit of friendship and solidarity. QUESTION 8 8/8 Damaris wants to know more about the 2002 Winter Games. She should use __ A. a website about figure skating B. a dictionary, under "winter" C. a website about the Olympics D. a map of ancient Greece
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C. a website about the Olympics<br /><br />Damaris should use a website about the Olympics to know more about the 2002 Winter Games. This type of website would provide detailed information about the events, athletes, and controversies that occurred during those games.
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