The Olympic Games are the greatest international sport
competitions which take place every four years.
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* The Olympic Games began in ancient Greece. They represented a
religious and sport holiday. They took place in Olympia.
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The athletes in ancient Greece competed in running, boxing,
wrestling, horse and chariot racing.
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The winner of the Olympic Games became a respectful person all
his life.
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The Olympic Games were held for the nearly twelve centuries
until they were abolished in 394 AD by the Christian Emperor
Theodosius I
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The Olympic Games were revived only at the end of the 19 th
century thanks to Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The first modern
Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896 to show the importance of
precedent. The International Olympic Committee was also set up in
1896.
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From 1924 Olympic Games were divided into Summer and Winter
Games.
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Hockey, curling, biathlon, freestyle are winter Olympic kinds
of sports of the Winter Olympic Games.
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Boxing, bicycling, swimming, heavy athletics, freestyle
wrestling are summer Olympic kinds of sports.
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21 countries became the host-country for Games. The Olympic
Games took place: 8 times in the USA, 5 times in France, 3 times in
the UK, 3 times in Germany, 3 times in Japan, Italy, Canada; 2
times in Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Norway. Sweden, Belgium,
the Netherlands, Finland, the USSR, Mexico, South Korea, Spain and
China hosted the games once.
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Flag, anthem and oath, a slogan, a medal, a fire, an olive
branch, fireworks, talismans are the symbols of the Olympic
Games.
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The emblem of the Olympic Games was invented by Pierre de
Coubertin in 1913.
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The Olympic flag represents a white silk linen with the Olympic
emblem on it.
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The modern tradition of moving the Olympic Flame via a relay
system from Greece to the Olympic venue began with the Berlin Games
in 1936.
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Sportsmen from different countries participate in the Olympic
Games and always win gold, silver and bronze medals.
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Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, the Olympic
Games have had a mascot, usually an animal native to the area or
occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage.
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The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter
Games will be celebrated from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi.
Olympic Winter Games mascots : the Polar Bear, the Hare, the
Leopard.
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The joy of the Victory.
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Last years the Olympic movement got immense scales and the
capitals of the Games became the capitals of the world. Sport plays
the most important part in the peoples life!