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    OLYMPICS

    Champions keep playing


    until they get it right.
    BILLIE JEAN KING
    ANCIENT OLYMPICS
    The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in
    ancient Greece. They were held in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave
    them a mythological origin. The original Greek games were staged
    every fourth year for several hundred years, until they were abolished
    in the early Christian era. The earliest reliable date that recorded
    history gives for the first Olympics is 776 B.C. The revival of the
    Olympic Games took place in 1896, and since then they have been
    staged every fourth year, except during World War I and World War II
    (1916, 1940, 1944).
    MODERN OLYMPICS
    The Olympic Games are the leading international sporting events featuring summer
    and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world
    participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the
    world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The
    Olympic Games are normally held every four years, alternating between the Summer
    and Winter Olympics every two years in the four-year period. The evolution has
    resulted in many changes in the Olympic games, the creation of the Winter Olympic
    Games for snow and ice sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with disabilities,
    the Youth Olympic Games for athletes aged 14 to 18, the five Continental games
    (Pan American, African, Asian, European, and Pacific), and the World Games for
    sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The Games have grown so much
    that nearly every nation is now represented. This growth has created numerous
    challenges and controversies, including boycotts, doping, bribery, and terrorism. Every
    two years the Olympics and its media exposure provide athletes with the chance to
    attain national and sometimes international fame. The Games also provide an
    opportunity for the host city and country to showcase themselves to the world.

    THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES WERE HELD IN ATHENS,


    GREECE IN APRIL, 1896
    OLYMPICS FACTS
    The Olympic rings were first produced in 1913, from a
    design created by the Games’ modern founder – Baron
    Pierre de Coubertin
    The Olympic rings expresses the activity of the Olympic
    Movement and represents the union of the five continents
    and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at
    the Olympic Games.
    The Olympic torch is a reminder of the Games’ Greek
    origins.
    The first Winter Olympic Games were held in 1924, in a
    different city to the Summer Olympics.
    Motor boat sailing, hot air ballooning, and tug of war all
    used to be Olympic sports!
    The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were due to run from 24 July to
    9 August were postponed due to worldwide coronavirus
    pandemic.
    Thank you!

    EFFORTS BY:-
    PRIYANSHI SURANA,
    9E

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