International Olympic Day: Facts, Significance, History, and Objective

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Favourite Moments of Sports

 International Olympic day celebrated every year by remembering their favourite moments from the sporting event and sharing them with their fans on their social media platforms. 




Olympic Day is celebrated all around the world on the day of 23 june: More than hundreds and thousands of people with young powerful man's and women take participate in the field of sport and cultural activities, such as runnings, exhibitions, music and educational seminars.  Over the last two decades, the event has helped to spread the Olympic ideals to every corner of the world and energy of People increases in improving yourself. 


The Olympic Games are  the world's best sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, alternating between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years in the four-year period.


Why Olympic Day celebrated? 



The International Olympic Day was first celebrated on June 23 in 1894 . And it was celebrated in nine countries like Austria, Belgium, Canada, Great Britain, Greece, Portugal, Switzerland, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The National Olympic Committees of these nine countries had organised ceremonies and competitions, marking the importance of sports in our lives. Since then, International Olympic Day is celebrated on June 23 every year across the world.


The SIGNIFICANCE of  Olympic Day:



Olympians who are always energetic and  inspired people with their enthusiasm and positivity. Olympic Day is something more and different than just a sports event. It is based on three pillars – ‘move’, ‘learn’ and ‘discover’.

The Olympics provide a fantastic international ground for athletes. It gives an excellent opportunity for athletes around the world to compete against athletes of a similar level on the international stage. 



Beautifull Thoughts on Olympic Day



I work hard and I do well. And I’m going to enjoy myself.
I won’t let you ban me.” 

One who is not courageous enough to take risks does not get anything in life.
will not achieve either

"If you don't try to win you might as well hold the Olympics in somebody's back yard."


I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself."

"I touched the wall and all my dreams, hopes and ambitions basically coalesced into one moment"

"The Olympic Games must not be an end in itself, they must be a means of creating a vast program of physical education and sports competitions for all young people."

Olympic Rings



“The five Olympic rings consists of equal dimensions (the Olympic rings are in one or in five different colours.  This five-colour version ring looks from left to right, blue, yellow, black, green and red. The rings are interlaced from left to right; the blue, black and red rings are situated at the top, the yellow and green rings at the bottom. 

Thoughts in Olympic rings





“The Olympic  rings symbol shows the activity of the Olympic Movement and represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games and encourage people to come and play with Olympics. 

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.


Summer and Winter Olympics



The Olympic Games consists of 35 sports, 30 disciplines and 408 events. Let's look a example, wrestling is a Summer Olympic sport, it has two disciplines: Greco-Roman and Freestyle. It is further broken down into fourteen events for men and four events for women, each representing a different weight class. The Summer Olympics includes 26 sports games while the Winter Olympics includes features 15 sports. Athletics, swimming, fencing, and artistic gymnastics are the only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic games. Cross-country skiing, figure skating, ice hockey, Nordic combined, ski jumping, and speed skating have been featured at every Winter Olympics programme since its inception in 1924. Current Olympic sports games like badminton, basketball, and volleyball, first appeared on the programme as demonstration sports, and it all were later promoted to full Olympic sports. Some sports that were featured in earlier Games were later dropped from the programme.
 

This Olympic with making you energetic this is necessary that make your daily routine with daily morning yoga it will make you ready for fighting with any problems and always be a stay positive person. 


Pillars of Olympic



 The Olympic Day was started to encourage more people to participate in the Olympic Games and spread awareness in society about the event and promote the Olympic Movements. The three pillars of Olympic is “move", “learn" and “discover"  the National Olympic Committees are deploying sports, cultural and educational activities to encourage participation regardless of age, gender, social background, or sporting ability.

 This Olympic is celebrated in many different identity in some countries, the event is incorporated into the school curriculum, while many NOCs have included concerts and exhibitions as a part of the Olympic day in recent years. Recent NOC activities also included meetings for children and young people with top athletes making it easier for people to become part of Olympic Day. 


The theme of International Olympic Day 2021 



The theme of the Olympic for this year is Stay healthy, stay strong, stay active with the Olympic Day workout on the day of 23 june. 


Olympic facts that changed history




1. The first Olympic Games took place in the 8th century B.C. in Olympia, Greece. They were held every four years for 12 centuries. Then, in the 4th century A.D., all pagan festivals were banned by Emperor Theodosius I and the Olympics were no more.


2. However, the athletic tradition was resurrected about 1500 years later: The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 in Greece.


3. In ancient Greece, athletes didn’t worry about sponsorship, protection, or fashion – they competed naked.


4.During the 1936 Berlin Games, two Japanese pole-vaulters tied for second place. Instead of competing again, they cut the silver and bronze medals in half and fused the two different halves together so that each of them had a half-silver and half-bronze medal.

5. The Olympic torch is lit the old-fashioned way in an ancient ceremony at the temple of Hera, in Greece: Actresses, wearing costumes of Greek priestesses, use a parabolic mirror and sun rays to kindle the torch.

The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in south west Greece. Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and take part. The ancient games were also a religious festival, held in honour of Zeus, the king of the gods.

There were no gold, silver and bronze medals. Winners were given a wreath of leaves and a hero's welcome back home. Athletes competed for the glory of their city and winners were seen as being touched by the gods.

Top Medal Winners

1. Michael - USA- Swiming- 28 medals

2. Larisa Latynina -Soviet Union- Gymnastics- 18 medals

3. Nikolai -Soviet Union- Gymnastics- 15 medals


4.Boris Shakhlin
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"Wishing all a very Happy Olympic Day..May we sustain the spirit of Sport and unite the world in the true sense of Olympism"
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