Hi Puzzlers,
WOW! The Olympic games sure had a lot of action-packed drama. I love seeing all the athletes compete and also enjoyed watching the cameras as they panned the crowds for the athletes’ parents. I could feel the pride of those parents as they watch their child, and in a few cases children, compete - sharing the triumphs and defeats. Yes, I did get quite emotional a few times especially during figure skater Joannie Rochette’s performance. What strength!
Legends state it was Hercules who started the Olympic Games. The Games were played every four years for approximately 1200 years until Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the pagan Games in 393 AD.
Approximately1500 years later on November 25, 1892 a Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin pitched his idea to bring back the Olympic Games at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athletiques in Paris; his “the cause of Peace will have a new and strong ally” speech did not inspire people to action. Two years later Pierre, being well connected and persistent, organized a meeting that brought together 79 delegates from nine countries. The auditorium they met in, was decorated to suit the Olympic theme and this time Pierre des Coubertins revival cry was heard.
He then was elected to “construct an international committee to organize the Games. This committee became the International Olympic Committee - Demetrious Vikelas from Greece was elected to be the first president and Athens was chosen as the location for the revival of the Olympic Games!”
In 1908 Coubertin created the Olympic Creed, which states, “ 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.”
Well said!
Happy Puzzling!
WOW! The Olympic games sure had a lot of action-packed drama. I love seeing all the athletes compete and also enjoyed watching the cameras as they panned the crowds for the athletes’ parents. I could feel the pride of those parents as they watch their child, and in a few cases children, compete - sharing the triumphs and defeats. Yes, I did get quite emotional a few times especially during figure skater Joannie Rochette’s performance. What strength!
Legends state it was Hercules who started the Olympic Games. The Games were played every four years for approximately 1200 years until Roman emperor Theodosius I banned the pagan Games in 393 AD.
Approximately1500 years later on November 25, 1892 a Frenchman named Pierre de Coubertin pitched his idea to bring back the Olympic Games at a meeting of the Union des Sports Athletiques in Paris; his “the cause of Peace will have a new and strong ally” speech did not inspire people to action. Two years later Pierre, being well connected and persistent, organized a meeting that brought together 79 delegates from nine countries. The auditorium they met in, was decorated to suit the Olympic theme and this time Pierre des Coubertins revival cry was heard.
He then was elected to “construct an international committee to organize the Games. This committee became the International Olympic Committee - Demetrious Vikelas from Greece was elected to be the first president and Athens was chosen as the location for the revival of the Olympic Games!”
In 1908 Coubertin created the Olympic Creed, which states, “ 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.”
Well said!
Happy Puzzling!
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