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Hutchison (the 龙) is in the running for Olympic torch bearer in Xining.

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The ancient Greeks believed that the gods inhabited Mount Olympus.

奥林匹斯山:

http://chinglish.com/community/show/Mount+Olympus

They
held games to honor fallen heroes and to prove their mettle when there
was no battle to offer a man a chance to gain glory. The Olympic games
are named in their honour. One myth tells of the hero Herakles

http://chinglish.com/community/show/Heracles

who won a
race at Olympia and then decreed that the race should be re-enacted
every four years, while another claims that Zeus

http://chinglish.com/community/show/Zeus

had instated the
festival after his defeat of the Titan Cronus. According to another
Greek legend, the original games were in celebration of King Pelops's
death. In another myth, the Greek hero Jason was ready to set sail in
search of the Golden Fleece in the land
of Colchis. Until this point in history, the Greeks had never really
sailed across the ocean; rather, they hugged the coast in small ships.
Jason

http://chinglish.com/community/show/Jason

had the first seaworthy Greek vessel built, the Argonautica. To
undergo the trials of such a perilous journey, he needed the finest
Greek heroes from across the land. In order to pick the best crew
possible, he held the first Olympic games. The winners of each event
would be invited to sail with Jason in search of glory and immortality.
Some of the heroes included Orpheus

http://chinglish.com/community/show/Orpheus

who became famous for his trip to
the underworld in search of his dead lover, Eurydice. Another hero was
Herakles(Hercules)the son of Zeus and the greatest of all Greek heroes.A
third was Peleus, the father of Achilles.

http://chinglish.com/community/show/Achilles

Whatever the original story
was, the games became a popular event lasting over the centuries.

The ancient Greeks believed that the gods inhabited Mount Olympus. They
held games to honor fallen heroes and to prove their mettle when there
was no battle to offer a man a chance to gain glory. The Olympic games
are named in their honour. One myth tells of the hero Herakles who won a 
race at Olympia and then decreed that the race should be re-enacted 
every four years, while another claims that Zeus had instated the 
festival after his defeat of the Titan Cronus. According to another 
Greek legend, the original games were in celebration of King Pelops's 
death. In another myth, the Greek hero Jason was ready to set sail in 
search of the Golden Fleece in the land
of Colchis. Until this point in history, the Greeks had never really
sailed across the ocean; rather, they hugged the coast in small ships.
Jason had the first seaworthy Greek vessel built, the Argonautica. To
undergo the trials of such a perilous journey, he needed the finest
Greek heroes from across the land. In order to pick the best crew
possible, he held the first Olympic games. The winners of each event
would be invited to sail with Jason in search of glory and immortality.
Some of the heroes included Orpheus who became famous for his trip to
the underworld in search of his dead lover, Eurydice. Another hero was
Herakles(Hercules)the son of Zeus and the greatest of all Greek heroes.A 
third was Peleus, the father of Achilles. Whatever the original story 
was, the games became a popular event lasting over the centuries.