2. The modern Olympic Games or Olympics are
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.
3. The Olympic Games are held every four years,
with the Summer and Winter Game salternating
by occurring every four years but two years apart.
The Olympic Movement consists
of international sports
federations (IFs), National Olympic
Committees (NOCs), and organizing
committees for each specific Olympic Games.
4. Commercialization(Effect of television)
The 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin were the first
Games to be broadcast on television, though only to
local audiences.
Viewership increased exponentially from the 1960s
until the end of the century.
From a few users back in 90’s now there are
millions of people which watch Olympics live.
5. SYMBOL
As we all know ,the Olympics symbol consists of 5 rings
better known as the Olympic rings, and represents the
unity of the five inhabited continents
(Africa, America, Asia, Oceania, Europe). The colored
version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—
over a white field forms the Olympic flag. These colors
were chosen because every nation had at least one of
them on its national flag.
7. OPENING CEREMONIES
This ceremony takes place
before the events have
occurred.
The ceremony typically starts
with the hoisting of the host
country's flag and a
performance of its national
anthem.
The host nation then presents artistic displays of music,
singing, dance, and theater representative of its culture.
8. CLOSING CEREMONY
The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games
takes place after all sporting events have
concluded.
Flag-bearers from each
participating country enter the
stadium, followed by the
athletes who enter together,
without any national
distinction.
Three national flags are hoisted while the corresponding
national anthems are played: the flag of the current host
country i.e the flag of Greece , to honor the birthplace of
the Olympic Games.
9. OLYMPIC HOST CITIES
The first ever olypmics was held in
Athens Greece in 1896
Since then this even t just went on
going across the globe , For eg:
France, USA , Germany and so on.
10. The recent olypmics were held in Rio de Janeiro
Brazil.
and in 2020 it will take place in Tokyo Japan
USA has hosted Olypmis most of the times (8 times)
11. MEDAL PRESENTATION
A medal ceremony is held after each Olympic event
is concluded. The winner, second and third-place
competitors or teams stand on top of a three-tiered
rostrum to be awarded their respective medals
AS per 2016 Rio Olympics:
The country on top is USA with 121 medals(46 gold , 37
silver and 38 bronze)
Followed by China with 70 medals and germany with 67
medals
12. SPORTS IN OLYMPICS
The Olympic Games program consists of 35 sports, 30
disciplines and 408 events.
Olympic sports are governed by international sports
federations (IFs) recognized by the IOC as the global
supervisors of those sports. There are 35 federations
represented at the IOC
The different type of sports however present in
Olympics are
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15. USAIN BOLT:
Is a Jamaicansprinter. Regarded as the fastest human ever
timed, he is the first man to hold both the 100
metres and 200 metres world records since fully
automatic time became mandatory. He also holds the
world record in the 4 × 100 metres relay. He is the reigning
World and Olympic champion in these three events. He
also hold the world record for 100 m race( 9.58 sec)
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17. Michael Phelps
Is an American competitive swimmer and the most
decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals
IN which there are 22 gold.
Phelps is the long course world record holder in the 100-
meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly and 400-meter
individual medley
After the 2008 Summer Olympics, Phelps started the
Michael Phelps Foundation, which focuses on growing
the sport of swimming and promoting healthier
lifestyles.
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19. CONCLUSION
The Olympic Games unite nations throughout the world
and show different countries the human side of nations of
which they are unfamiliar. While the Olympic Games are
about competition and winning, they are also about
learning about other cultures and the similarities between
all cultures.