Olympic Games

Olympic Games

Olympic Games or Olympic athlete international event includes sports summer and winter, the athletes of both sexes participate in the various competitions and representing different countries. Currently organizes this event every two years in even years, alternating summer and winter games after it was held both competitions in the same year until the year 1992 (for example, held the Winter Olympics in 1994 and the Olympic Games summer of 1996, then the Winter Olympic Games held in 1998, then Summer Olympics 2000). It was stopped in the First World War as well as in the period of World War II. Ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia in Greece from the eighth century BC to the fifth century AD. He founded Baron Pierre de Coubertin International Olympic Committee in 1894 through the Olympic Congress, and since then the Committee has become the governing body of the Olympic Movement, and determined its structure and its procedures Olympic Charter.

Promote the development of the Olympic movement in the twentieth century, the International Olympic Committee to keep up with the Olympic Games to change the global social conditions. Some of these amendments and included the establishment of the Olympic Winter Games sports cycle on ice and snow, and the Olympic Games for athletes with physical disabilities, and the cycle of the young athletes of the Olympic Games. As it was on the International Olympic Committee also suit the Olympic Games with the changing of the twentieth century political, economic and technological realities. As a result, the Olympics shifted away from pure hobby, as Coubertin imagined before, and have become professional athletes. The growing importance of the media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and marketing of the Olympic Games.

Currently it has the Olympic movement and international sports federations and national Olympic committees, organized committees for each of the Special Olympics. The International Olympic Committee is, decision-making body, which is responsible for the selection of the host city for each Olympic Games. The host city is responsible for organizing and financing the celebration of the Olympic Games including consistent with the Olympic Charter. Committee for the Olympic Games determine the Olympic program which sets contested games in all Olympic Games. The celebration of the Olympic Games includes many of the Olympic rituals and symbols, such as the Olympic flag and the Olympic torch, as well as the opening and closing ceremonies. More than 13,000 athletes competed in the winter and summer, including the Olympic Games in 33 different sports courses 400 sporting event. Sports obtain winning first place gold medal, and the second for the silver, and the bronze third.

Games have grown to the point that all countries, representing almost. This growth has created numerous challenges, including boycotts, doping, and bribe officials, and terrorism. And once every two years, provides media Olympics athletes are not known and give them the opportunity to achieve national fame or world-renowned in some cases. Games are also a great opportunity for the host state and the city to live and present themselves to the world.

Games program contained in 1896 on the summer competitions only (winter competitions did not start until the year 1924) involving nearly 300 athletes from about 15 countries competed in 43 contest within 9 different sports, but when the Summer Olympic Games held in Athens in 2004 involved more than 10,000 athletes from 202 countries competed in 28 different game.