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The summer olympic games or the games of the olympiad, first held in 1896, is a major. The summer 2000 olympics in sydney, australia, is sha. David wallechinsky is an american populist historian and television commentator, the president of the international society of olympic historians isoh. Womens ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the olympic games since 1998. The summer and winter games were traditionally held in the same year, but because of the increasing size of both olympics, the winter games were shifted to a different schedule after 1992.
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