The Olympics by Finn,

Patrick Rand

Patryk K

The history of the Olympics The Olympics were founded by Heracles ( the

Roman Heracles) , a son of Zeus. The first games

were held in Greece in 776 BC. The first winner of a

prize was a man named Coroebus (a cook from

Elis), who won the sole event at the Olympics, the

stade - a run of approximately 192 meters (210

yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic

champion in history.

The Ancient Olympic GamesThe ancient Olympic Games grew and

continued to be played every four years for

nearly 1200 years. In 393 CE, the Roman

emperor Theodosius I, a Christian,

abolished the Games because of their

pagan influences.

The Modern GamesApproximately 1500 years later, a young

Frenchmen named Pierre de Coubertin began

their revival. Coubertin decided that it was

exercise, more specifically sports, that made a

well-rounded and vigorous person. Two years

later, Coubertin first pitched his idea to revive

the Olympic Games.

Coubertin’s Revival SpeechLet us export our oarsmen, our runners, our fencers

into other lands. That is the true Free Trade of the future, and the day it is introduced into Europe the cause of Peace will have received a new and strong ally. It inspires me to touch upon another step I now propose and in it I shall ask that the help you have given me hitherto you will extend again, so that together we may attempt to realise, upon a basis suitable to the conditions of our modern life, the splendid and beneficent task of reviving the Olympic Games.

What are Olympic Medals made of?The last Olympic gold medal that was actually

made from gold was awarded in 1912.Gold and silver medals are 92.5% silver.Gold medals must be plated with at least 6

grams of gold.All Olympic medals must be at least 3 mm

thick and at least 60 mm in diameter.Bronze medals are bronze, an alloy of copper

and usually tinAlthough the Olympic gold medal is more

silver than gold, there are gold medals that are really gold, such as the Congressional Gold Medal and Nobel Prize Medal..

The EventsWoman’s boxing was only added to The Olympic

Games for the first time in London 2012.

Irelands Katie Taylor

brought home the first Gold

Medal in this

Category to Ireland.

The Olympic RingsThe symbol of the Olympic Games is composed of five

interlocking rings, colored blue, yellow, black, green, and red

on a white field. The colors of the rings represent the flags of

the countries that participate in the Olympics. Every flag of a

country participating in the Olympics includes one of those

colors. 

The five interlocking rings

represent the five continents

brought together by the

Olympic Movement,

or the five main regions: Africa, the Americas (North and South

America are combined), Asia, Europe and Oceania. As it says in

the Olympic Charter, the five-ringed symbol "represents the union

of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout

the world at the Olympic Games."

The Olympic TorchThe Olympic flame is a symbol of

the Olympic Games. Commemorating

the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus

by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient

Greece, where a fire was kept burning

throughout the celebration of the ancient

Olympics.

The fire was reintroduced at the 1928 Summer Olympics in

Amsterdam, and it has been part of the modern Olympic Games

ever since. In contrast to the Olympic flame proper, the torch

relay of modern times, which transports the flame from Greece to

the various designated sites of the games, had no ancient

precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem at the controversial 

1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, The Olympic torch came to

Ireland this year and Jedward among many other Irish people got

to carry it towards its destination

2016 OlympicsThe next Olympic Games will take place in Rio, Brazil. Sprint star Usain Bolt may consider switching to cricket

or football after the 2016 Olympics.The Jamaican, 26, held talks with Shane Warne's

Melbourne Stars in October.But Bolt's agent Ricky Simms told BBC Sport: "He may

try his hand at cricket or football when he retires from running but that would be after 2016."

Questions Name two things that you learned about the

Olympics?Who invented the Olympics?What do the rings represent?What are the colours of the rings?What new sport was added in 2012?What is your favourite Sport?Did you enjoy our Presentation?If so explain your answer?