Thesis: The participation of women and minorities in the Olympics in the last hundred years has changed throughout history by minorities taking charge of the movements, breaking the rules and slowly making his way into the Olympic arena.Paragraph 1: The ancient Olympic Games were the beginning of the Olympic Games that people know and love today.A. Nowadays we have many different types of games that people can compete in, however back then there were three main games that we participated in to honor the gods. Ancient games had very few rules and organization, yet the games worked well.a. Some very strange rules during this time really shaped the games. One was in wrestling men were allowed to gouge out eyes and bite people, but they were not allowed to intentionally hit or kick anyone; if they broke any of the rules they would be whipped on the spot. Furthermore, all other holds intended to persuade the opponent to admit defeat through pain or fear are permitted and are an integral part of the fight. Another rule widely known to be very unconventional is that only freemen who spoke Greek could compete; that means no women and no poor men. In the running event, competitors were allowed to push and shove during this event. Killing an opponent during matches was not a good thing, as the dead boxer was automatically declared the winner.b. The lack of rules and their strangeness tended to cause some disagreement between the losers and the judges. If the loser of the event thinks that the way the winner won, whether it was by pushing, biting, or just being completely unfair, he will say what he thinks. Some discussions and arguments were the result of “unfair” calls. However, most losers kept to themselves so as not to cause a scene or dwell on the fact that they lost.ii. The games over time have changed greatly and many have been added to make the games have a wider reach of viewers and have a wider range of competitors.a. Games then served to show off strength and one's body. Some examples are boxing, wrestling, diaulos, dolichos, hoplitodromos and pankration. Diaulos and dolichos were different running competitions of speed and agility. Hoplitodromos was “the soldiers' race” or an ancient foot race.