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The "Cotswold Olimpicks" of 1612

EPISODE · Dec 31, 2011 · 9 MIN

The "Cotswold Olimpicks" of 1612

from Sporting Witness · host BBC World Service

As London prepares to hold the 2012 Olympics, Sporting Witness goes back four centuries to the first ever games held in Britain - the "Cotswold Olimpicks".The games - which included everything from tossing the caber to shin-kicking - were organised by Robert Dover in the small village of Chipping Campden.Sarah Cuddon visits the modern version of the Cotswold Games and learns how they inspired the finest poets of the age.PHOTO: Sheaf-throwing, an Olympic sport in the Cotswolds. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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