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Author: lathug

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-# Project of Data Visualization (COM-480)
+# Olympic Inequalities 
+
+<p>
+  <a href="https://com-480-data-visualization.github.io/DataRizz/">
+    <strong>Our website</strong>
+  </a>
+</p>
+
+---
+
+The Olympic Games are often seen as a symbol of fairness: athletes from all around the world competing on equal ground. But are the Olympics really as equal as they appear?
+
+Our project explores how sociocultural, economic, and geopolitical contexts have shaped Olympic participation and success over time. Through a series of interactive visualizations, we investigate how wealth, population, gender representation, politics, and historical events influence the Games.
+
+By combining storytelling with interactive data visualizations, our website reveals the inequalities hidden behind medal counts and Olympic narratives.
+
+---
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```text
+├── data/                 # Datasets and data processing files
+├── milestones/           # Reports and milestone submissions
+│   ├── milestone1/
+│   ├── milestone2/
+│   └── milestone3/
+├── website/              # Website source files
+│   ├── data/             # Data used directly by the visualizations
+│   ├── js/               # JavaScript files for the interactive visualizations
+│   ├── models/           # 3D athlete models and assets
+│   ├── styles.css        # Main stylesheet
+│   └── index.html        # Main website page
+└── README.md
+```
+---
+
+## Main Themes
+
+Our website is organized as a scrollytelling experience exploring several dimensions of Olympic inequalities:
+
+- **Gender Representation**  
+  The evolution of men's and women’s participation across Olympic history.
+
+- **Medal Distribution**  
+  How medals are distributed across continents, countries, sports, and disciplines.
+
+- **Athlete Body Types**  
+  Exploring physical characteristics associated with different sports and disciplines.
+
+- **Geopolitical Contexts**  
+  Wars, boycotts, and political tensions that shaped participation in the Games.
+
+- **Economic Fairness**  
+  Comparing medal counts while accounting for GDP and population differences.
+
+---
+
+## Screen cast
+
+---
+
+## Authors
 
 | Student's name | SCIPER |
 | -------------- | ------ |
 | France Lu | 345769 |
 | Laura Taghizad | 346469 |
 | Hana Salvetova | 339644 |
 
-[Milestone 1](#milestone-1) • [Milestone 2](#milestone-2) • [Milestone 3](#milestone-3)
-
-
-
-## Milestone 1 (20th March, 5pm)
+---
 
-You can find our report for Milestone 1 in [this file](milestones/milestone1/Milestone1.md).
+## Milestones
 
+##### Milestone 1
+The Milestone 1 report can be found [here](milestones/milestone1/Milestone1.md).
 
-## Milestone 2 (17th April, 5pm)
 
-You can find our report for Milestone 2 in [this file](milestones/milestone2/Report_M2.pdf).  
-Go see our [website](https://com-480-data-visualization.github.io/DataRizz/).
+##### Milestone 2
 
+The Milestone 2 report can be found [here](milestones/milestone2/Report_M2.pdf).
 
-## Milestone 3 (29th May, 5pm)
+##### Milestone 3 
 
-**80% of the final grade**
+The final process book can be found [here](milestones/milestone2/ProcessBook.pdf).
 
+---
 
-## Late policy
+## Running the Project Locally
 
-- < 24h: 80% of the grade for the milestone
-- < 48h: 70% of the grade for the milestone
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/com-480-data-visualization/DataRizz.git
+cd DataRizz
+python -m http.server 8080
+```