The Olympic Games are international athletie competition conducted every four years. Usually athletes from various parts of Greece would assemble in Olympia and conduct games. The Greeks developed their body as well as mind. The first recorded Olympic Games were in seven hundred and seventy six B. C and they continued till AD three hundred and ninety four.
It was banned by the Roman Emperor, Theodosius. It was revived by a French nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The Olympic motto is ‘Swiffer, Higher, Stronger’ The Olympic committee has framed the rules and regulations. Every participating county can make entries for three games. There are three medals give to the winners, gold for the first.
Silver for the second and bronze for the third. The first Olympic games were conducted in Athens. The winter Olympics include competitions in skiing speed and figure skating, ice hockey and bob sledding. The summer games of the Olympics include, foot races, the pantathelon, wrestling, boxing, horse races, polevault, high jump, swimming.
Weight lifting, and Gymnastics. About hundred and fifty countries participate in these games. Of them, the U.S.A., G.D.R., and English are the top rankers. XXIV Olympic games were held in Seoul in Nineteen eighty eight. They bring about international integration through sports and games.
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