The Olympic Games
Olympics 2004
The next Summer Olympics will be held in Athens, Greece.
Olympia:
Cite of the first Olympic Games
Overview
The 200 Olympic games will be held in Sidney Austrailia starting September 15th and ending October 1st.
The games will include:
Archery, Badmiton, Baseball, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoeing, Kayaking, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing, Field Hockey, Gymnastics, Judo, Modern Pentathlon, Mountain Biking, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Team Handball, Tennis, Track & Field, Trampoline, Triathlon, Volleyball, Water Polo, weightlifting and Wrestling.
(hope you can read Greek)
sydney opera house
Flag History
The Olympic Flag has a plain whilte background with no border. In the center are five rings forming two rows of three rings above and two below. The rings of the upper row are (from left to right) blue, black, and red. The rings of the lower row are(from left to right) yellow and green.
The rings are thought to symbolize the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africe, Austrailia, and America. It is widely believed that the colors of the rings were chosen because at least one of them can be found in the flag of every nation, though this has never been confirmed as the intention of the designer.
The flag was presented by Games founder Baron De Coubertin at the 1914 Olympic Congress, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the founding of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was first flown in Alexandria, Greece, but made it's Olympic debut at the 1920 Antwerp Games. This well worn flag was finally retired after the 1984 Games, and a new one flown at the 1988 Seoul Games.
At the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games, The mayor of the city currently hosting the Olympics will then hand off the Flag to the mayor of the next host city, and it will be kept in the town hall until the start of the following Olympic Games.
Olympic History
The ancient Olympics had a rich variety of athletic contests. Many of these games are ancestors of the modern Olympic games and had rules and playing conditions modern atheletes would not be unfamiliar with.
These games include:
Boxing, Discus, Equestrian events, Javlin, Jumping, Pankration, Penthalon, Running, Wrestling, and Messengers and Trumpeters Contest.
The first Olympic games were held in Olympia.
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