The Olympic Games. There is one major commonality between the ancient and modern Games, the victorious athletes are honored, feted, and praised

know, you can feel the difference between any tournament and the Olympiad in that fact you cannot become an ex-champion having won the Olympic Games. The competition is held only once in 4 years, that’s why it is so important for sportsmen and it draws attention of people all over the world. But how such an important tournament was found?

First The Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions held for representatives of various city-states of Ancient Greece held in honour of Zeus. The exact origins of the Games are shrouded in myth and legend but records indicate that they began in 776 BC in Olympia in Greece. During the time of the ancient Games their origins were attributed to the gods. These origin traditions and myths have become nearly impossible to untangle.

It originally consisted of foot races only, as did the competition for males. And contests in running, jumping, discus and jeweling throwing, boxing and horse and chariot racings were held in individual cities, and the winners competed every 4 years at Mount Olympics. Only free men who spoke Greek were allowed to participate in the Ancient Games of classical times. During the Games all the Greek wars in progress must have been stopped

There is one major commonality between the ancient and modern Games, the victorious athletes are honored, feted, and praised. Their deeds were heralded and chronicled so that future generations could appreciate their accomplishments. достижения

There are some Olympic symbols that are associated with the Olympic movement.  Icons, flags and symbols are used by the International Olympic Committee to promote the Olympic Games. Some—such as the flame, fanfare, and theme—are more common during Olympic competition, but others, such as the flag, can be seen throughout the year.

The Olympic motto is "Faster, Higher, and Stronger".  The motto was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin on the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. A more informal but well known motto, also introduced by De Coubertin, is "The most important thing is not to win but to take part!"

The flag of the Olympic Games is composed of five interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red on a white field. The five Olympic rings represent the five continents involved in the Olympics and were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games. According to De Coubertin the ring colors with the white background stand for those colors that appeared on all the national flags of the world at that time.( The Olympic flag ... has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red ... This design is symbolic ; it represents the five inhabited continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colors are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.)

Each Olympic Games has its own Olympic emblem, which is a design integrating the Olympic rings with one or more distinctive elements. They are created and proposed by the Organizing Committee or the National Olympic Committee of the host country.

Flame is lit on a torch, with the rays of the Sun concentrated by a parabolic reflector, at the site of the Ancient Olympics in Olympia, Greece. The torch is then taken out of Greece, most often to be taken around the country or continent where the Games are held. The Olympic torch is carried by athletes, leaders, celebrities and ordinary people alike, and at times in unusual conditions, such as being electronically transmitted via satellite for Montreal 1976, or submerged underwater without being extinguished for Sydney 2000. On the final day of the torch relay, the day of the Opening Ceremony, the Flame reaches the main stadium and is used to light a cauldron situated in a prominent part of the venue to signify the beginning of the Games. Then it is left to burn throughout the Games till the Closing Ceremony, when it is extinguished to signify the end of the Games.

Pierre de Coubertin was a French pedagogue and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and considered father of the modern Olympic Games. Some historians describe Coubertin as the instigator of the modern Olympic movement, a man whose vision and political skill led to the revival of the Olympics Games which had been practiced in antiquity.  He was interested in sports education as he believed