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What is olmpic movement |
| Answer» Olympic movement : Ancient Olympic Games : The first recorded Olympic contest took place in the stadium of Olympia in 776 BC. This stadium stood in valley of Olympia in Western Greece. For many years, the Olympics were for male contestants and male spectators only. Olympics are held every four years.Modern games : The above discovery gave Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French educator, the idea of organizing a modem, international Olympics. Coubertin believed that athletics played an important part in forming a person’s character. He also thought that international sports competitions would promote world peace. In 1894 Coubertin presented his idea to an international meeting on amateur sports. The group voted to organize the games and it formed the International Olympic Committee.The first modern Olympic Games took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Women first competed in modern games in 1900. The winter games began in 1924. No games were held in 1916, 1940, 1944 because of World War I & II. The Olympic Games consisted of the summer games and the winter games. Both summer and winter games took place in the same year after every 4 years. But after 1944, the summer and winter games were scheduled to occur in four years cycle, two years apart. The summer games have grown tremendously since 1896, when about 285 male athletes, representing about 13 nations, competed in the first modern Olympics. Ten thousand athletes now take part in summer games. They represent more than 160 nations. The athletes of Greece march into the stadium first, in honour of the original Olympics held in ancient Greece. | |