What is Olympic? When will Olympics take place? Where?

Olympic definition
Olympic, also known as the Olympic Games, is a competition in many sports between countries around the world. The Olympics include the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics, held every two years (on even years).
This is a sports festival is not only a physical race but also symbolizes the solidarity and peace of all humanity.
Types of popular Olympic Games
There are two types of Olympic Games: Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics:

The Summer Olympics are held every four years from 1896, except for years of World War II (such as the Second World War).
The Winter Olympics was founded in 1924 for winter sports. It was originally held the same year as the Summer Olympics, but since 1994, the Winter Olympics and the Summer Olympics have been interspersed every two years.
History of the Olympic Games
The Olympics are considered to be all-around sports festivals and have the longest history ever. Legend has it that the ancient Olympic Games were founded by God Heracles, the son of Zeus. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. In this Olympic Games, runner Coroebus won the Olympic Stadium with a distance of about 192 meters and became the first Olympic champion in history.

The Olympics were developed widely and strongly for nearly 1,200 years, until the Roman Emperor Theodosius I banned it in 394. In 393 AD, the Roman Emperor Theodosius I, a Christian Christians canceled the Olympics because of their pagan influences.

More than 1,500 years later, Pierre de Coubertin was a French aristocrat who began to revive the Olympics after realizing that it was gymnastics, many more specific sports that made people strong and healthy.

Pierre de Coubertin who was credited with recovering the Olympic Games
Pierre de Coubertin who was credited with recovering the Olympic Games
In 1890, he organized and created the Union Sports Association (Union des Sociétés Francaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA).

In 1894, Coubertin held a meeting with 79 delegates representing nine countries to announce the restoration of the Olympic Games. Delegates at the meeting voted unanimously for the Olympic restoration plan and decided to set up an international committee to organize the Olympic Games.

This committee became the International Olympic Committee (IOC – Comité International Olympique), and Demetrious Vikelas, the Greek delegate, was elected the first president of the Olympic Committee. Aten was chosen to host the first Olympic Games, and planning began.

Interesting things in ancient Olympic history
In the history of the Olympic Games, there were also famous Greeks who attended: Philosopher Socrates, Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle and Hippocrates – the father of medicine.
As a rule, women are not allowed to compete in the ancient Olympics. But a few women did not accept this discrimination, so they disguised themselves as men to compete.
Symbols on the flag of Olympic
The symbols of the Olympic flag are 5 blue, yellow, black, green, and red circles linked together. This is a symbol created by its founder Pierre de Coubertin in 1914.

This Olymp flag symbolizes five continents connected on a white background. The colors chosen are due to at least one of them appearing on the flags of every country in the world. The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympics.
Olympic slogan
In 1921, Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the Modern Olympic Games, borrowed a Latin phrase from his friend, Father Henri Didon, as the Olympic motto: “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (” Faster, taller, stronger ”).

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