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The World of Sports THE WORLD OF SPORTS Olympic games sun's rays at Olympia, Greece and then carried The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece. to the site of the Games The first games were held in 776 BC in Olympia. by a relay of runners. The games were banned by the Roman Emperor Now it is brought to the Theodosius in AD 394. venue from Athens. The games were revived by the French nobleman B[p-\nI Hfn-¼n-Ivkpw, Baron Pierre de Coubertin who is regarded as the ]pcm-X\ Hfn¼nIvkpw Father of Modern Olympics. X½n-epÅ _Ôs¯ {]Xo-Im-ß-Iambn kqNn- The first modern Olympics were held in 1896 at ¸n- -¡p¶XmWv Hfn¼nIvkv Athens. ^vtfbnw. 'Play the game in the spirit of the game' was the message of Baron Pierre de Coubertin. It was only from 1900. 'Citius, Altius, Fortius' ('Swifter, Higher and Stron- (Paris Olympics) women ger') is the were allowed to participate in the Olympics. motto of the Women took part in track and field for the first Olympics. time in 1928. The emblem of The Olympic Games are held after every four the Olympics years. However Olympic Games were not cel- is composed of ebrated in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the five intertwined world wars. rings, each of different colours representing the five continents National Sports and Games of the world. Black ring representing Africa, yel- low ring representing Asia, blue ring represent- Courntry ...................................... National Sport ing Europe, green ring representing Australia and Canada ............................................... Ice Hockey the red ring representing America. India ....................................................... Hockey It is placed at the centre of the Olympic flag which Pakistan .................................................. Hockey is white in colour. USA ....................................................... Baseball The epigram of the Olympics is "The essential England ..................................... Cricket, Football thing in life is not conquering but fighting well". Australia ....................................... Cricket, Tennis The Olympic Flag, created in 1913 at the sugges- tion of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was raised for Indonesia ............................................Badminton the first time at the Antwerp Games in 1920. Malaysia .............................................Badminton The Olympic Flame was ceremonially lit for the Spain .............................................. Bull Fighting first time at the Amsterdam Games in 1928. The China ............................................... Table Tennis modern version of the Flame was adopted in 1936 France ...................................................... Croque at the Berlin Games. Japan ........................................... Jujuthsu (judo) The Olympic Flame symbolises the continuity be- Scotland .................................................... Rugby tween the ancient and the modern Games. The Russia ........................................................ Chess torch used to kindle the flame was first lit by the 1 An important feature is that no country ‘wins’ the Olympics. Olympics are intended only to test the 1 Mile in 4 Minutes skills of individuals and teams, not of nations. sKbnwkv \S-¡p¶ cmjv{S-¯nse cmjv{S-¯-e-h- \mev an\n-än \mWv Hfn¼nIvkv DZvLm-S\w sN¿p-I. Closing Hcp ssa HmSp- bpsS A²y-£³ {]kn-Uâ v BWv. Ceremony IOC Itbm? Akm Jesse Owens of the United States was the hero of [yw! ANn-´-\o the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Owens won four gold bw! Hcn-¡epw \S- medals. He was nicknamed as ‘The Ebony Antelope.’ ¡m-¯Xv! CXm-bn- In the 1976 Montreal Olympics Nadia Comancci cp¶p Imbn-I-tem- of Romania became the first gymnast in Olympic I-¯nsâ hne-bn- history to score a perfect ten. cp-¯Â; 1954-h-sc. Host Country is allowed to participate on every a\p-jy-N-cn-{X- team event. ¯nsâ Bcw`w First Asian city to host summer Olympics was apX 1954-hsc a\p-jysâ a\-Êns\ aYn¨ Nn´, Tokyo in 1964. The 1996 Olympic Games were held at Atlanta, a\p-jysâ Ign-hp-IÄ¡v Hcp ]cn[n D­v F¶Xmbn- cp-¶p. F¶m Cu ]cn[nsb AXn-Po-hn-¡m³ USA. 2000 Olympics was held at Sydney. BÀ¡pw km[y-a-à F¶ Nn´sb X«n-¯-IÀ¯ International Olympic Committee (IOC): IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Games. kw`-h-amWv 1954þ Ata-cn-¡-bnse Hcp tImtfPv The headquarters of the International Olympic {Ku­nse _n\n-Ì-dpsS {]I-S\w Committee is at Lausanne, Switzerland. It was 1954þ {_n«ojv AXve-äm-bn-cp¶ tPmÀÖv created on January 23, 1894. _n\n-Ìdnsâ {]I-S\w Imbn-I-N-cn-{X-¯n AXy- Olympic Museum is also at Lausanne. ]qÀÆ-amb H¶m-bn-cp-¶p. At±lw Akm-[y-am-bXv Jacques Rogge of Belgium is the President of In- {]kn- ternational Olympics Committee (IOC). IOC km[y-am-¡n. \mev an\näv sIm­v Hcp ssa HmSn- Uânsâ Imem-h[n 8 hÀj-am-Wv. sb-¯n. B hÀjw Ata- Juan Antonio (3 minutes 58.8 seconds)  Øm\w Hgn-ª-t¸m-gmWv cn-¡-bn Hcp amkw-I-gn-ª-t¸mÄ _n\n-Ì-dpsS Samaranch 2001 PmIzkv tdmKv sXc-sª-Sp-¡-s¸-«-Xv. sd¡mÀUv tPm¬ emâen F¶ Bkvt{S-en-b¡m- c³ XIÀ¯p. ASp-¯-hÀjw 36 {]mhiyw temI- Indian Olympic Association was formed in 1927. Ct¸mÄ CXnsâ {]kn-Uâ v kptcjv IÂam-Un-bm-Wv. ¯nsâ hnhn[ `mK-§-fn Cu sd¡mÀUv Xncp-¯- The venues of the Olympics are chosen seven s¸-«p. Hmtcm hÀjhpw Cu sd¡m-ÀUp-IÄ amän Fgp- years in advance by the IOC. X-s¸-«p-sIm-­n-cn-¡p-¶p. Ncn{Xw C\nbpw BhÀ¯n- ¡-s¸-Spw. a\p-jy\nse Imbn-I-i-àn-bmIp¶ Athens Olympic Games 2004 `qXs¯ Cf-¡n-hn-«Xv 1954þse _n\n-Ì-dpsS sd¡mÀ- Um-bn-cp-¶p. Cu sd¡mÀ-Un-eqsS XI-À¡-s¸-«Xv a\p- 2004 Olympic Games were held in Athens. After 108 year Olympic Games returned to Athens. jysâ ]cn[n Nn´-bpsS Xn«-bm-bn-cp-¶p. Anju Bobby George, the flag bearer (Captain) of Pohn-X-¯n shÃp-hnfn DbÀ¯p¶ C¯cw Indian team. ]co-£-Ifn \n§fpw amäv sXfn-bn-¡Ww. BZys¯ \qdv dm¦p-I-fn-sem¶v e£y-am¡n apt¶-dp-I. Hcn-¡Â Michael phelps American swimmer who bagged eight medals including six gold medals. ]n.-F-kv.-kn-bpsS Hcp enÌn IS¶v IqSp-¶-hÀ ]n¶oSv ]e enÌp-I-fnepw {]Xy-£-s¸-Sp-¶Xv \n§Ä Athena and phevos were the mascot of the games. Adn-ªn-cn-¡pw. hnP-b-¯nsâ ]cn[n IS-¶-hÀ¡v Justin Gatlin (USA) won the gold medal in 100 metre t\Sm³ IqSp-X hnP-b-§Ä Im¯n-cn-¡p-¶p. Pohn- race for men. X-¯n t\Sm-hp¶ Gähpw DbÀ¶ DtZymKw kz´- Anjy Bobby George got Sixth place in Long Jump. am-¡p¶Xp hsc aÕ-cn¨v apt¶-dp-I. Australia won the Hockey gold medal defeating Netherlands in the final. 2 sh¦-e-sa-U t\Sn-b-Xv. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore won silver medal in She won the Bronze medal the double trap shooting and he become the first in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Indian sports person to win an individual olympics Suresh Kalmadi is the president of Indian Olympic silver medal. Association. Indian Olympic Association formed USA topped in the medal tally china placed second in 1927. and Russia at the third place. Rajyvardhan Singh Rathore become the first In- dian to win an individual silver medal. (2004, Ath- India at the Olympics ens) Historical Achievements in Olympics India officially participated in Olympics for the first The hero of the Berlin Olympics held in 1936 time in 1920. was the great Jesse Owens of U.S.A. He won India won the Olympic hockey gold six times at a four Olympic gold in that year. He was nick- stretch from 1928 to 1956 (1928, 32, 36, 48, 52, 56). named 'Ebony Antilop.' and again in 1964 and 1980. In 1976 Montreal Olympics Nadia Comaneu of Norman Pritchard representing India won two Romania was the attractive figure, when she be- silver medal in the 200 metres and 200 meters came the first person to score full points in the hurdles in the 1900 Paris Olympics. history of Gymnastics. K.D. Yadav of India was the first Indian in post independence era to win an individual Olympic In 2004 the Olympics will he held at Athens in 1952 slÂkn¦n Hfn-¼n-IvknemWv Ct±lw medal. Greece. AYo\, ^othmkv F¶o c­v ]mh¡p«n sh¦ew t\SnbXv. IfmWv 2004þse Hfn-¼n-Ivknsâ `mKyNnÓ§Ä. Milkha Singh the ‘Flying Sikh’ at the 1960 Rome 2008 Olympics will be held at Bejing in China. Olympics broke the Olympic record in the 400m Summer Olympic Games: The Summer Olympic and yet failed to win a bronze medal by 0.1 Games are held during the summer season of the seconds. The race was very close. The gold and host city, usually between July and October. The silver medalist broke the world record and the next Summer Olympics will last for sixteen days. three broke the Olympic record. Milkha’s timing Usually Summer Olympic games are mentioned as of 45.6 seconds was a national record for 38 years. “Olympic Games. Leander Paes won a bronze medal at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 in tennis. Shiny Wilson is the first Indian woman to reach Playing Areas the semi-final in the Olympics (800m at Los Angeles). Wrestling ..................................... Arena, Ring P.T. Usha is the first woman finalist at the Olympics Ice - Hockey ............................................. Rink (400 m hurdles). Skating ..................................................... Rink Shiny Wilson became the first woman Indian Golf .......................................................... Link captain to lead India when she captained the 1992 Boxing......................................................Ring Barcelona Olympics. Baseball ............................................ Diamond Anjali Vedpathak became the first Indian shooter Badminton .............................................
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