St.Louis Missouri Olympics

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

During this past summer in St.Louis Missouri the summer Olympics for 1904 took place. These summer games were only the third of its kind so far. The first two took place in 1896 in Athens then in 1900 in Paris. These games were not so much competitive but the athletes tried their hardest and would stop at nothing to win, even if it meant cheating or taking different substances. In these summer games mostly Americans and Canadians attended. Out of 681athletes 525 of those were from the United States.

These athletes had to find their own way of getting to the games and had to find their own places to stay. This is why it was mostly American competitors, because as we all know transportation/rooms are expensive and hitchhiking isn't easy.

The games were originally going to take place in Chicago, but President Roosevelt wanted the games in St.Louise because the Exposition was being held at the same time there. The Expositions organizers built a perman...