Citius, Altius, Fortius ( faster, higher, stronger)

Olympic Games Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger)
Summer games 1896 Athens, Greece 1900 Paris, France 1904 St.Louis, USA 1908 London, England 1912 Stockholm, Sweden 1920 Antwerp, Belgium 1924 Paris, France 1928 Amsterdam, Netherland 1932 Los Angeles, USA 1936 Berlin, Germany 1948 London, England 1952 Helsinki, Finland 1956 Melbourne, Australia		1960 Rome, Italy 1964 Tokyo, Japan 1968 Mexico City, Mexico 1972 Munich, Germany 1976 Montreal, Canada 1980 Moscow, USSR 1984 Los Angeles, USA 1988 Seoul, South Korea 1992 Barcelona, Spain 1996 Atlanta, USA 2000 Sydney, Australia 2004 Athens, Greece 2008 Beijing, China 2012 London, England
The world’s greatest international sports games are known as the Olympic Games. The Olympic idea means friendship, fraternity and cooperation among the people of the world. The Olympic Movement proves that real peace can be achieved through sport. The Olympic emblem is five interlinked rings: blue, yellow, black, green and red. Any national flag contains at least one of these colours. The original Olympic Games began in ancient Greece in 776 B.C. These games were part of a festival held every fourth year in honor of God Zeus at the place called Olympia. It was a great athletic festival, including competitions in wrestling, foot racing and chariot racing, rowing and others. The games were for men only. Greek women were forbidden not only participate but also to watch the Olympics. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. Then they were resumed in London after the SecondWorld War. Since then the Olympics are held every fourth year in different countries. The ancient Greeks had no winter sports. Only in 1924 the first Winter Olympic Games were held in France. Now they are being held regularly. What are the world’s greatest sports games? What does the Olympic idea mean? What is the Olympic emblem? Why have these colours been chosen? When and where did the original Olympic games begin? Did women participate in the game? When were the first modern Olympic games held? Where? Are the Olympics held in the same places? When did the Winter Olympic games start? Where?
Winter games 1924 Chamonix, France 1928 St.Moritz, Switzerland 1932 Lake Placid, USA 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1948 St.Moritz, Switzerland 1952 Oslo, Norway 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy 1960 Squaw Valley, USA 1964 Insbruck, Austria 1968 Grenoble, France 1972 Sapporo, Japan	Pierre de Coubertin, a young French nobleman, had an idea to bring the Olympic Games back to life. He managed to organize the first Olympic Games in 1896. Greece was the right place to host the first Olympic Games. Paralympic Games — Paralympic Games, athletic competition for people with disabilities: amputees, impaired vision, cerebral palsy. — The Paralympic Games originated in 1948 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in England. They were the outcome of work that had begun with the general rehabilitation of military veterans who suffered spinal injuries in World War II (1939-1945). — The inspiration behind the Paralympics came from Ludwig Guttman, a Jewish neurologist and refugee from Nazi Germany. — Beginning in 1952 the Paralympics were staged in Olympic years. — In 1960 the first official Paralympic Games took place in Rome, Italy, where 23 nations and 400 athletes competed. — Winter Paralympics were first held in 1976. In 1992 in Barcelona, Spain, 3,500 athletes from 82 nations competed at the Summer Paralympics.	1976 Insbruck, Austria 1980 Lake Placid, USA 1984 Saraevo, Yugoslavia 1988 Calgary, Canada 1992 Albertville, France 1994 Lillehammer, Norway NB! 1998 Nagano, Japan 2002 Salt Lake City, USA 2006 Turin, Italy 2010 Vancuver, Canada 2014 Sochi, Russia

Дата добавления: 2015-11-05