Synopsis
Overview
The Olympic Games is an international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. They are held every four years, with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart.
Origin
The modern events was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece. Each city state would send it's best athletes. Hercules revealed he took part in the very first games winning most of the events. The athlete would compete completely naked.[1]
The Eternals of Olympia hold their own games regularly, but is unclear who inspired who regarding the games. [2]
Modern Event
During the "1936 Summer Olympics" being held in Berlin in Nazi Germany, Dominic Fortune was hired to bodyguard and babysit a trio of washed-up, drunken depraved Hollywood actors.[3] While in Berlin, all three men had bearer's bonds worth millions of dollars put into their suitcases by Malcolm Upshaw in order to smuggle them back into the United States as part of his plot to overthrow the government. When confronted by Fortune, the men stated that they had no idea that the bonds had been placed there.[4]Believing them, Fortune took Madison and the others back to New York City where he dumped them at the most notorious cathouse in the city while he tried to foil Upshaw's scheme. Once Upshaw had been defeated, the three actors were seen partying with Fortune back in Los Angeles.[5]
Todd Arliss participated in the Olympics as a swimmer for the USA. He however who damaged his spinal cord when he rescued a drowning man. Desperate to regain his swimming ability, Arliss willingly participated in an experiment by the scientist Dr. Lemuel Dorcas.[6]
The outcasts attacked the "1980 Winter Olympics" being held in Lake Placid, New York in the United States of America. They were stopped by Spider-Man and the Hulk who teamed up with a group of athletes dubbed Olympians.[7]
Jean-Paul Beaubier represented Canada in Skiing in the Winter Olympics. However he used his Mutant powers of speed quickly became an Olympic champion. After gaining notoriety as a sport star, he was contacted by James Hudson to join Alpha Flight.[8]
Delroy Garrett Jr. was a track star and competed in the Olympics. However after he tested positive for steroids, he lost his three gold medals. In despair, he turned to religion, specifically the Triune Understanding.[9]
Hercules later tried to recreate the original olympics at the Avengers Academy. The students and faculty were shocked when he turned up naked.[1]Notes
- The Marvel Universe Handbooks and Power Grid, grade many heroes and enhanced individuals as comparable to Olympic athletes regarding strength speed and agility.