The given charts illustrate the participation of athletes in the Summer and Winter Olympics from 1988 to 2004.
In general,
it is clear that
the number of Summer sports players Linking Words
at the end
of the period was the greatest Linking Words
while
that of Winter sports experienced a dramatic decline despite Linking Words
an
initial growth.
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According to
the graph, there were 6 Linking Words
million
athletes engaging in the 1998 Winter Olympics, Use synonyms
this
figure rose moderately to 8 Linking Words
million
in 1992 before nosediving by 5 Use synonyms
million
in 2000. Use synonyms
Then
, it witnessed a gradual fall to only 2 Linking Words
million
in 2004.
As regards the pie chart, the 2004 Olympics recorded the highest number of participants, at 9 Use synonyms
million
. Use synonyms
Whereas
the year 2000 and 1988 respectively had the second-highest attendance (7 Linking Words
million
) and the third (5 Use synonyms
million
). There were significantly fewer competitors in 1996 and 1992, with the former figure being 3 Use synonyms
million
compared to only 2 Use synonyms
million
of the latter.Use synonyms
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