OLYMPICS GAMES
1.The most widely accepted date for the inception of the
Ancient Olympics is 776 BC; this is based on inscriptions, found at Olympia.
2. 1896 Summer Olympics
3.The opening ceremony in the Panathinaiko Stadium
4.The first Games held under the auspices of the IOC was
hosted in the Panathenaic stadium in Athens in 1896.
5. Winter Olympic Games
6.A winter sports week (it was actually 11 days) was held in
1924 in Chamonix, France; this event became the first Winter Olympic Games.
7.Youth Olympic Games
Starting in 2010, the Olympic Games will be complemented by
Youth Games, where athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 will compete. The
first Summer Youth Games were held in Singapore from 14 August - 26 August
2010.
8.The Olympic flag
The Olympic symbol, better known as the Olympic rings,
consists of five intertwined rings and represents the unity of the five
inhabited continents (America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe)
. The colored version of the rings—blue, yellow, black,
green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag.
The flag was adopted in 1914
9.Olympic flag first flown at the 1920 Summer Olympics in
Antwerp, Belgium.
10.The Olympic motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius, a Latin
expression meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger"
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11.The current three-medal format was introduced at the 1904
Olympics
