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More than two thousand years ago, the Olympic Games have started its journey as the competition for the greatest athletes of the world. From a competition for the citizens of ancient Greece and other surrounding countries, the Olympic Games has developed in leaps and bounds and became a sports event that has increased its popularity thorugh out the entire world.
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Before the 1970s the Olympic Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status. However during the 1980s several events were opened for professional athletes. In the recent scenario, the Olympic Games are open to all; even the top professional athletes in basketball and football (soccer) also can take part wholeheartedly.
Needless to say, the Olympic Games can be regarded as the foremost sports competition of the world. Number of Olympic sports are also numerous. The ancient Olympic Games included several of the sports that are now part of the Summer Games program, which at times has included events in as many as 32 different sports. In 1924 the Winter Games were sanctioned for winter sports. Youth Olympic Games for the young sports enthusiast is also a recent phenomenon.
When one thinks of Olympic one cannot fail to remember Olympic rings. In 1913, Baron Pierre de Coubertin came up with the idea for the symbol most closely associated with the Olympics, the Olympic Rings. Every rings stand for one of the five continents. The connection of the rings signifies the interconnection of the continents during the Games It also gives hint of establishing peace and brotherhood of the whole planet.
Beginning in the year 1934, the IOC (International Olympic Committee) introduced the Olympic flame with the purpose of enriching the games. In fact the torch-relay has tradition of starting the flame lighting at ancient Olympia and then reaching thethe hostcity. In this way a strong link has been established between the ancient Olympic sites and the modern Olympic cities. Symbolically, the flame stands for the purity thereby embodying the eternal youth of the Olympic philosophy. This universal symbol of the flame has a purpose. It would give a reminder to all competitors of the Olympic Games to understand it deeply that it is important to work towards the lifelong unity of mankind.
Thus we got acquainted with some tit bits of Olympic Games. In order to discover more about the Olympic Games visit of the remaining pages of our website is a must.
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