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Olympics!
The first Olympic Games of which there is record were held in 776 B.C., and consisted of one event, a great foot race of about 200 yards held on a plain by the Alpheus River (now the Ruphia River) just outside the little town of Olympia in Greece. It was from that date the Greeks began to keep their calendar by "Olympiads," the four-year spans between the celebrations of the famous games.
The modern Olympic Games, which started in Athens in 1896, are the result of the devotion of a French educator, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, to the idea that, since young people and athletics have gone together through the ages, education and athletics might go hand-in-hand toward a better international understanding.
The principal organization responsible for the staging of the Games is the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Other important roles are played by the National Olympic Committees in each participating country, international sports federations, and the organizing committee of the host city.
The Olympic motto is "Citius, Altius, Fortius" which translates to "Faster, Higher, Stronger." The Olympic symbol is five interlocking circles colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red, on a white background, representing the five continents. At least one of those colors appears in the national flag of every country.
Beginning in 1994, the IOC decided to change the format of having both the summer and winter Games in the same year. Summer and Winter Olympics now alternate every two years. In Feb. 1998 the IOC announced that new sports added to the games must include women's events. At the 2005 Singapore meeting the IOC decided to eliminate baseball and softball from the 2012 Olympics, the first sports to be dropped since polo in 1936. Tug of war, rugby, polo, lacrosse, and golf were all once a part of the great Olympic tradition.
Currently the summer Olympics include: Aquatics,, Archery,...
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