The Olympic GamesThe Olympicgames have a very long history. They began in 777 bc. in Greece and took placeevery 4 years for nearly 12 century at Olympia. All the cities in Greece senttheir best athletes to Olympia to compete in the Games. For the period of thegames all the wars stopped. So the O.G. became the symbol of peace andfriend-ship. In 394 A. D. The Games were abolished.Theidea to revive the Games came from a Frenchman Baron Pierre de Caulertin whopainted out of the signifier of sports its education value.
He said Theimportant thing in the O.G. is not winning, but take part In 1896 the 1st modern O.G.took place. The competition were held in Greece symbolize the continuation oldtradition. The some year in International OlympicCommittee was set up. Each country has its Nation Olympic Committee. Summer andwinter Games held separate.Thousthans of athletes, journalistsand guests come to the games .Russia joined the O.G. movement in the 1952.Since then it has won lot of Gold, Silver and bronze medals. In 1980 Moscow hosted 22d O.G. Nowadays, major cities compete thehost of O.G. not just for the win. The Games being but for the vast amount ofprofit a host country can male . the Games have also become politicallyimportant.