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Description : In the ancient Olympic Games, all of the contestants were naked, and females were prohibited from watching the events, under threat of death. When did those traditions end?

Last Answer : answer:There wasn’t really a year when the Olympics changed. The Ancient Olympics ceased to exist in the 4th century CE. The first modern Olympics was in 1896. In the Ancient Olympics, athletes competed nude and women were generally not present. In the modern Olympics, these customs are not true.

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