The Olympic Games
Introduction
:
The
Olympic Games are considered very important worldwide and their importance is
significantly increasing every year. They acquire more importance because they
create an atmosphere of competition and excitement that engages a lot of people
from different corners of the world.
In this essay, I am going to write about some
aspects of the Olympic Games. The essay will also include some parts; the introduction, the history of
the Olympic Games, their advantages and at the end I am going to conclude by
stating why this topic is interesting and what I have learned about it.
The
Olympic games :
The
Olympic Games are very well known around the globe we live in. All countries of
the world have the right to take part in them because they do not ban any
country from participating. The Olympics have many games that include jumping, cycling,
running a marathon, javelin throwing, weightlifting and many other sports.
Sportsmen and sportswomen, including amateurs and professionals, flock to the
Olympic Games in order to achieve victorious honor for themselves and their
countries. Winning a medal or a title is considered a great honor for any
athlete who participates in the Olympic Games. Medals are classified into
different categories that are: gold,
silver
and bronze. The gold medal is awarded to the first place winners, the silver
medal is awarded to the second place winner and the third receives a bronze
medal. The Olympic Games provide the skilled athletes the opportunity to
display their abilities and skills. The Olympic Games also gather people from
different races, cultures, religions, ethnicities and genders from all over the
world to take part in the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games have also given the
teenagers and the amateurs the opportunity to participate in the Olympics. Nowadays,
women also have the right to take part in the Olympics and women from various
countries have already achieved good titles. Although the ancient Olympic Games
were only restricted to the Greeks, modern Olympics are available for everyone
whether a professional or even an amateur. Every country of the world is
represented by a National Olympic committee that is in charge of its athletes
in different games.
History:
The Olympics
are considered among the most important and popular events that are held all
over the world. They combine a lot of different sports in which people compete to
prove their own skills and titles. There
are a lot of interesting facts about the Olympics games that we have to be
aware of. The Olympic Games originated
in Greece. They date back to 776 BC and they were dedicated to the Olympian
gods. The Olympic Games are named after the city of Olympia in Greece. The
games were played on the plains of the city and the old Olympics continued for
twelve centuries, but they were banned by the emperor Theodosius in 393 A.D as
he considered them as pagan cults. The city of Olympia was famous for being a
place for worship as well as other religious and political events. In the
center of the city, the temple of Zeus was located and people practiced games
so close to it.
The
games that people practiced in the old Greece were considered a kind of a
religious practice. The Greek people wanted to show their physical strength and
the evolution of their performance. The games also made people gather from
different countries to celebrate the different games and have a lot of
entertainment and enjoyment.
Advantages:
There
are various advantages for the Olympic Games. One of these advantages is that
they give the champions from all over the world the chance to have the honor of
achieving titles. They can achieve honor for their countries and also fame and
fortune for themselves. Another
advantage is that the Olympic Games bring people together and make them more
understanding and co-operative. They remove the cultural barriers and help
people remove the ethnic differences.
The
Olympic Games are a message to the whole world that people have to co-exist
peacefully with each other and achieve victories and honor rather than being
engaged in wars and disputes. It is also a message that people have to
eliminate all types of racial discrimination and achieve fairness and equality.
They remove the cultural gaps between people of different races, ethnicities, religions,
etc. There are also a lot of economic advantages as the host country flourishes
economically during the season of holding the Olympic Games. The visitors who
flock to the host country spend a lot of money and make all the activities
flourish and prosper.
Interesting
facts about the Olympic Games:
There
are a lot of interesting facts about the Olympic Games regarding their origin,
purpose and how they developed. One interesting fact is that the Olympic Games
were celebrated as
religious
festivals and they continued from 777 B.C till 393 A.D. However, the emperor banned them because he
regarded them as pagan festivals. The modern Olympics were born when the French
educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin suggested reviving the old tradition of the
Olympic Games.
When
the Olympic Games were held again, Greece could win about 47 medals in 1896
during the summer Olympic Games and Norway at the winter games won 263 medals.
It
is also interesting to know that the five Olympic rings that are in the logo of
the Olympic games stand for the five major regions of the world that include
Europe , Asia , Africa , Oceania and America. In addition, the flag of each country in the
world has five colors that are arranged from right to left as follows blue, yellow,
black, green and red. Another interesting fact about the Olympic Games is that
no country in the southern hemisphere has ever hosted winter games and that the
three continents of Antarctica, Africa and South America have never hosted an
Olympics. In 2004, 202 countries participated in the Olympic Summer Games in
Athens. Summer Olympic sports are various e.g. basketball, boxing, handball, judo.
These are just some examples of the sport. The winter sports include biathlon, curling,
snowboarding, ice hockey and ski jumping.
The
number of visitors who attended the Olympic Games increased significantly
throughout the period from 2000 to 2012. The number increased from just below 6
million in 2000 to more than 11 million in 2012. This diagram shows the past
and the predicted numbers of the visitors. This diagram was shown more than two
years ago. The visitors are expected to exceed 12 million.
Personally,
I really enjoy watching the Olympic Games because I am interested in some of
the sports that are included in the championship. Participants are
characterized with a very high skill and mastery of the games they perform
whether individually, in pairs or in groups.
I
attended one of the championships during the Olympic Games. It was during the winter
and some of my friends were with me. I was really very excited as it was my
first time to attend the Olympic Games. As it was during the winter, the
weather was very cold and the number of the audience was very big. I watched a
lot of games such as ice skiing. The players were very skillful and had very
strong ability. The first winner was a Russian player who got the gold medal. The
second winner was from the USA and the third winner was from Europe.
The
importance of the Olympic Games has been enhanced by the social media nowadays
and the different types of media. People exchange the news of the Olympic Games
and raise the interest of others about it. The Olympic Games committee makes
use of the different types of social media in order to launch campaigns to
increase the number of the audience who want to attend this global event. There
are international regulations and rules that players and countries
participating in the game have to stick to. The International Olympic committee
has the right to punish any player or any country that violates the rules and
the laws of the games that they can suspend them or prevent them from
participating in the years to come.
Conclusion :
In conclusion,
the Olympic Games are very important for the countries and for all the
sportsmen as well. They provide the golden chance for a lot of athletes to achieve
fame and fortune and help in removing the cultural differences between the
peoples of the world. Olympic Games also are a golden opportunity to remove the
cultural barriers as they make the peoples of the world understand the cultures
of others. This is a very interesting topic to me because I have learned a lot
about this international championship and its great advantages. The Olympic Games are appealing for all the
countries of the world and billions of people around the world are very interested
in the Olympic Games. Olympic Games can help in solving a lot of international
problems that can emerge between countries and also strengthen their
relationship.
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