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    “PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TOWARDS

    HEALTH AND FITNESS III”


    (PATHFIT III – ATHLETICS)
    INTRODUCTION
    Nowadays, people are less physically active because of
    various reasons. Many people no longer or rarely
    participate in any fitness-related activities. While we are
    aware of the health benefits and importance derived from
    engaging in physical activities, we tend to take its
    significance for granted.
    Unfortunately, many young people do not engage
    in worthwhile physical activities anymore. This may
    be due to their youth, the advancement of science
    and technology, their inability to execute them well,
    or their current health status, lack of motivation,
    lack of awareness of the health benefits and may be
    because it is not their priority.
    Being physically fit and healthy can help you get
    through with the stresses and demands of life. It
    improves your self-esteem, develops your
    confidence, prevent many diseases and clarifies
    your self-concept which can only be realized as you
    get older.
    (PATHFIT III – ATHLETICS)
    History of
    Athletics
    Athletics or Track and Field is a
    collection of sports events that
    involve running, throwing and
    jumping.
    Many events of track and field are directly related to
    the survival skills of primitive humans. Prehistoric
    people jump over bushes and streams while hunting
    food. Hunters dashed after prey or ran long
    distances to escape predators. Rocks and spears
    were early weapons were hurled through the air
    like the modern shot-put and javelin.
    In ancient Greece, sporting events became so
    popular that special athletic contest was started in
    776 B.C. Greatest athletes from Greece came to a
    place called Olympia to compete. The competition
    was called the Olympic Games.
    “athletics” is derived from the
    Greek Word “athlos” meaning
    “contest”
    The country that started
    athletics was Greece. The first
    ever Olympic games held in
    Olympia, Greece.
    The singular event was the
    stadium footrace or “Stade”,
    and it was won by Koroibus.
    The singular event was the
    stadium footrace, and it was
    won by Koroibus.
    In 1896, the first modern
    Olympics was held and because
    of that, athletics finally began
    to grow widespread popularity
    again.
    In 1896, Baron Pierre de Coubertin
    helped organize the first modern
    Olympics. The games were held in
    April 1896 at Athens, Greece

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