The Olympic games are world wide international sports events. The Olympic games originally started thousands of years ago in ancient Greece. The greek held thk god zeus. These games included racing, wrestlinh, and jumping contests.
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The ancient Greeks said that sport was good exercises for
the body. They also said that sport would help develop the mind and character.
Thus, they thought that sport was as important as science.
During the 19th century, Europeans and
Americans began to have the same idea about sport as the ancient Greeks did, so
they agreed to establish sport organization.
While schools and universities in
this century began to take sport seriously, the workers in town also did the
same thing and founded sports organizations. At this time, the modern rules of
many games including football, cricket, hockey, baseball, tennis, and many more
were made.
Then, these games died out in AD394. In 1896 a Frenchman,
baron pierre de Coubertin, started the modern Olympic games. He believed that
international sport competition would make goodwill and peace between nations
and improve the international relations.
The Olympic flag is a chainof five
circles `in five different colours – blue, yellow, black, green, and red – on
white background. the chain is a symbol of unity. Like the ancient Olympic gsmes, the modern Olympic games are
held every four years, except during the two world wars, 1914-1918 and
1939-1945.
At the modern Olympic games, people are usually interested in the
strength and grace of competition in gymnastics. Track and field athletes also
receive a lot of attention .
There are two groups of sportsmen, namely professionals and
amateurs. A professional is a players who plays for money , while an amateur is
a player who plays for enjoyment. There are many professional sportsmen and
sportswomen, earning a living from sport.
