Презентация на тему на английском языке Olympic Games

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.

with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring

every four years but two years apart. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD.

Committee (IOC) in 1894, leading to the first modern

Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority.

20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes

to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Olympic Games for snow and ice sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a disability.

as the Olympic flag and torch, as well as the opening and closing

ceremonies.

Winter Olympic Games in 33 different sports and nearly

400 events. The first, second, and third-place finishers in each event receive Olympic medals: gold, silver, and bronze, respectively.

athletic festivals held every four years at the sanctuary

of Zeus in Olympia, Greece. Competition was among representatives of several city-states and kingdoms of Ancient Greece. These Games featured mainly athletic but also combat sports such as wrestling and the pankration, horse and chariot racing events.

mystery and legend; one of the most popular myths

identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as the progenitors of the Games. According to legend, it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four years.

(consisting of a jumping event, discus and javelin throws, a foot

race, and wrestling), boxing, wrestling, pankration, and equestrian events.

ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter. The Olympic symbol,

better known as the Olympic rings, consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (Africa, America, Asia, Australia and Europe). The coloured version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag. These colours were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag.

for the first time only at the 1920 Summer Olympics in

Antwerp, Belgium. It has since been hoisted during each celebration of the

Stronger" was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 and has

been official since 1924. The motto was coined by Coubertin's friend, the Dominicanpriest Henri Didon OP, for a Paris youth gathering of 1891