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    The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that could not be held in the Summer Games. The first Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized the first Paralympics in 1948 to promote rehabilitation for soldiers after WWII. It has been held every Olympic year since. Usain Bolt unprecedentedly won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m races at three consecutive Olympics from 2008 to 2016.

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    The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that could not be held in the Summer Games. The first Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized the first Paralympics in 1948 to promote rehabilitation for soldiers after WWII. It has been held every Olympic year since. Usain Bolt unprecedentedly won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m races at three consecutive Olympics from 2008 to 2016.

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    The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that could not be held in the Summer Games. The first Winter Olympics was held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. Sir Ludwig Guttmann organized the first Paralympics in 1948 to promote rehabilitation for soldiers after WWII. It has been held every Olympic year since. Usain Bolt unprecedentedly won the 100m, 200m and 4x100m races at three consecutive Olympics from 2008 to 2016.

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    Winter Games

    The Winter Olympics was created to feature snow and ice sports that
    were logistically impossible to hold during the Summer Games. Figure
    skating and ice hockey were featured as Olympic events at the Summer
    Olympics. The IOC desired to expand this list of sports to encompass
    other winter activities. At the 1921 Olympic Congress in Lausanne, it was
    decided to hold a winter version of the Olympic Games.

    A winter sports week was held in 1924 in


    Chamonix, France, in connection with the
    Paris Games held three months later; this event
    became the first Winter Olympic Games.
    Paralympics

    In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann, determined to promote the


    rehabilitation of soldiers after World War II, organised a multi-sport
    event between several hospitals to coincide with the 1948 London
    Olympics. Guttmann's event, known then as the Stoke Mandeville
    Games, became an annual sports festival. For the 1960 Olympic Games
    in Rome, Guttmann brought 400 athletes to compete in the "Parallel
    Olympics", which became known as the first Paralympics. Since then,
    the Paralympics have been held in every Olympic year.
    Usain Bolt

    Usain Bolt enhanced his already legendary


    Olympic status with an unprecedented third
    consecutive 100m, 200m and 4x100m triple at
    Rio 2016, a feat that may well never be
    repeated.

    The holder of the world records at all three distances and an 11-time world
    champion, the Jamaican star bid farewell to the Olympic stage by
    celebrating his 30th birthday on the day of the Closing Ceremony of the Rio
    Games.
    Between 16 August 2008 and 19 August 2016, Usain Bolt won 20
    Olympic and world championship gold medals in the 21 events he entered, a
    staggering tally that makes him the greatest sprinter of all time.
    Olympic Flame

    During the ancient Olympic Games a flame was lit in a cauldron and
    burned for the duration of those games. The lighting and extinguishing
    of the flame was thought to represent the death and re-birth of the
    Greek heroes.
    In 1936 it was decided that the flame should be transferred to a torch
    and carried in relay from Olympia, Greece to Berlin where, as part of
    the Opening Ceremony the final relay runner ignited a new cauldron.
    Olympic Rings

    In 1912 the founder of the International Olympic Committee, Pierre de


    Coubertin, designed a symbol of five interlocking rings to represent the
    modern Olympic movement.
    Five rings are used to represent each of the inhabited continents –
    Africa, Americas, Asia, Australasia and Europe. The rings interlock with
    each ring passing under then over the next ring to signify equality. The
    five colours, blue, yellow, black, green and red are the five most used
    colours on national flags.
    Costs incurred when
    hosting the Olympics

    Once a city wins a bid for hosting the Olympics, cities commonly add
    roads, build or enhance airports, and construct rail lines to accommodate
    the large influx of people. Housing for the athletes in the Olympic
    village, as well as at least 40,000 available hotel rooms, and specific
    facilities for the events, must be created or updated, as well. Overall,
    infrastructure costs may be $5 billion to $50 billion.
    Conclusion

    To sum up, the Olympics are the major sport event that attracts
    billions of people, who watch the Games as the audience and who
    participate as sportspersons. The Olympics contribute to the formation
    of the unique community uniting different people at all levels. In this
    regard, mass media, especially the internet, play an important part in
    the formation of the identity of individuals comprising the Olympic
    community. From the moment the Olympic flame is lit to the last
    minute of the final show of the Olympics, the Games attract mass
    media which cover sport events and contribute to the formation of the
    identity of the Olympic community members.

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