Olympic+Wonderment

Welcome to THE OLYMPIC WONDERMENT PAGE!
**Hi there one and all!

This space is dedicated to our questions that we wanted to answer about the Olympic Games. Please feel free to add a question or to have a crack at answering any of the questions.

Please attach your name to any new questions. If you are going to attempt to answer a question, the only condition is that you must say which resource you used to find the answer. Ie: library book, Olympic newspaper article, internet and so forth.**

//So here are some questions from the MGS kids to get us started:// Do we have anyone representing us in bowls? Tara

Is soccer an Olympic sport? Oriana

How many different races are there? Aja (You could take this two ways couldn't you? Races=events or races=people's nationalities).

Why is it so important? Gaia

How many different types of sports are there? Briana

How many water sports are there? Briana

Who is the fastest runner? Tawhiri (Perhaps you might like to find the fastest female and the fastest male? You could give the length of their race also).

How many athletes compete in running events? Tane

Why do people take steroids? Taylor & Phineas

How many cyclists are there from all around the world competing in these Olympic Games? Bryn