OLIMPISMUL

Jocurile Olimpice antice au fost atestate documentar pentru prima oar n 776 .Hr. la Olympia, Grecia si s-au desfsurat pn n anul 393. up !."## de ani de ntrerupere, n !$96, la %tena, au fost reluate Jocurile Olimpice. &econstruirea acestui e'eniment sporti' s-a datorat france(ului )ierre de *ou+ertin. ,iscarea olimpic foloseste mai multe sim+oluri, multe dintre ele repre(entnd ideile si idealurile lui *ou+ertin. )ro+a+il, cel mai cunoscut sim+ol l repre(int inelele olimpice. %ceste cinci inele nlnuite sim+oli(ea( unitatea celor cinci continente -cele dou %merici sunt considerate un sin.ur continent/.0le apar n cinci culori pe stea.ul olimpic de culoare al+. %ceste culori1 al+ -fondul drapelului/, rosu, al+astru, 'erde, .al+en si ne.ru au fost alese astfel nct fiecare naiune s ai+ cel puin una din ele repre(entat pe stea.ul naional. rapelul olimpic a fost adoptat n !9!2 dar primele Jocuri la care a fluturat au fost Jocurile de la %nt3erp din !94#. e'i(a olimpic oficial este Citius, Altius, Fortius -,ai repede, mai sus, mai puternic/. )ro+a+il idealurile lui *ou+ertin sunt cel mai +ine repre(entate de 5urmntul olimpic1 Cel mai important lucru la Jocurile Olimpice nu este s cstigi ci s participi, asa cum n via nu conteaz triumful ci lupta. Esenial nu e s cuceresti ci s lupi bine. 6lacra olimpic este aprins la Olympia, Grecia si purtat pn n orasul .a(d de atleti7 5oac un rol important la ceremonia de desc8idere si arde pe tot parcursul olimpiadei. 9ora olimpic a fost introdus la Olimpiada din !936 de la :erlin. ,ascota olimpic, un animal sau o fi.ur uman repre(int mostenirea cultural a rii .a(d si a fost introdus la Jocurile din !96$ din ,e;ico. % nceput s 5oace un rol important de la JO din !9$# de la ,osco'a cu de+utul ursuletului ,is8a. 6rance(a si en.le(a sunt cele dou lim+i oficiale ale miscrii olimpice. Jocuri Olimpice moderne: Jocuri Olimpice de var , Jocuri Olimpice de iarn si Jocuri Olimpice pentru tineret! *ompetitiile la Jocurile Olimpice de 'ara1 tir cu arcul, +adminton, +ase+all, +asc8et, +o;, canoe, ciclism, calarie, atletism, fot+al, .imnastica, 8and+all, 8oc8ei, 5udo, caiac, maraton, pentatlon, pin. pon., 'asle, tir, inot, tae <3ando, tenis, triatlon, 'olei, polo pe apa, 8altere, lupte li+ere si .recoromane. *ompetitiile la Jocurile Olimpice de iarna1 8oc8ei, patina5 artistic, patina5 'ite(a, +o+, sanie, curlin., s<i si +iat8lon -s<i si tir/. =umrul sporti'ilor participanti la Jocurile Olimpice a crescut de la 42! -din !2 ri/ la Olimpiada din !$96 la !!.!## -din 4#4 ri/ la Jocurile Olimpice de la %tena. =umrul participantilor la Jocurile de iarn este mult mai mic7 la Olimpiada de iarn din 4##6, numrul sporti'ilor a fost de 4.633 din $# de ri.

OLYMPIC GAMES

The ancient Olympic Games were first documented in 776 .Hr. Olympia , Greece, and were held until 393. After ,!"" years of interruption , the #96 Athens Olympics were resumed . $e%uildin& of the tournament was due to 'renchman (ierre de )ou%ertin . Olympic mo*ement uses many sym%ols , many of them representin& )ou%ertin +s ideas and ideals . (ro%a%ly the %est ,nown sym%ol is the Olympic rin&s . These fi*e lin,ed rin&s sym%oli-e the unity of the fi*e continents . the Americas are considered a sin&le continent/ . They appear in fi*e colors white Olympic fla& . These colors 0 white . fla& %ac,&round / , red , %lue , &reen, yellow and %lac, were chosen so that each nation should ha*e at least one of them represented on the national fla& . Olympic fla& was adopted in 9 1 %ut the first &ames that were wa*ed Games in Antwerp in 92" . Official Olympic motto is 3 )itius , Altius , 'ortius 3 . 'aster, Hi&her, 4tron&er / . )ou%ertin +s ideals are pro%a%ly %est represented %y the Olympic oath 0 3 The most important thin& in the Olympic Games is not to earn %ut to participate , as in life no matter the triumph %ut the stru&&le . 5ssential not to con6uer %ut to fi&ht well . 3 The Olympic flame is lit in Olympia , Greece and worn %y athletes host city , plays an important role in the openin& ceremony and %urn throu&hout the Olympics . Olympic Torch was introduced to the Olympics in 936 in 7erlin. The Olympic mascot , an animal or human fi&ure representin& the cultural herita&e of the host country and was introduced to the Games in 96# in 8e9ico . He started to play an important role in the Olympic Games in 9#" in 8oscow with the onset Teddy 7ear 8isha . 'rench and 5n&lish are the two official lan&ua&es of the Olympic 8o*ement . 8odern Olympic Games 0 4ummer Olympic Games , :inter Olympic Games and ;outh Olympic Games . )ompetitions in Olympic Games 0 archery, %adminton , %ase%all , %as,et%all , %o9in& , canoein& , cyclin& , horse ridin& , athletics , foot%all, &ymnastics, hand%all , hoc,ey , <udo , ,aya,in& , marathon, pentathlon , pin& pon& , rowin& , shootin&, swimmin&, tae ,wando , tennis, triathlon , *olley%all, water polo , wei&htliftin& , wrestlin& and Greco=$oman . )ompetitions at the :inter Olympics 0 hoc,ey, fi&ure s,atin&, speed s,atin& , %o%sled , lu&e, curlin&, s,iin& and %iathlon . s,iin& and shootin& / . The num%er of athletes participatin& in the Olympic Games has increased to 21 . from 1 countries / in the Olympics #96= "" .of 2"2 countries/ in the Olympic Games in Athens. The num%er of participants in the :inter Games is much lower , the :inter Olympics in 2""6, the num%er was 2,633 athletes from #" countries