Olympic Winter Games, Детальна інформація

Миністерство освіти України

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"Olympic Winter Games"

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11-В класу ЗСШ №10

Фурик Тетяна.

Iвано-Франківськ-2001



Sport in Our Life

People all over the world are fond of sports and games. Sport makes people healthy, keeps them fit, more organized and better disciplined. Some people go in for sports for their health and some for professional aims.

There are many stadiums, sport grounds, swimming pools, football fields in each town. Practically all kinds of sports are popular in this country but football, figure-skating and tennis enjoy the greatest popularity. A lot of people are fond of jogging. In the morning and in the evening we can see people jogging in the parks, stadiums and even in the streets. In every school pupils spend much time going in for sports. First of all they have their physical training lessons. And when school is over they may train at different sports clubs and sections in different kinds of sport.

Professional sport is also paid much attention to in this country. Every year there are a lot of sport competitions, sport day and Olympiads. 0nce in four years the Olympic Games take place in different countries.

There are Summer and Winter Olympic Games. This is a great sport competition of the best sportsmen in the world.

OLYMPIC GAMES

The Olympic Games have a very long history. They began in 777 BC in Greece and

took place every four years for nearly twelve centuries at Olimpia. They included

many different kinds of sports: running, boxing, wrestling, etc. All the cities in Greece

sent their best athletes to Olimpia to compete in the Games. For the period of the Games

all the wars stopped. So the Olympic Games became the symbol of peace and friendship.

In 394 AD the Games were abolished and were not renewed until many centuries

later.

In 1894, a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, addressed all the sports governing

bodies and pointed out the significance of sports and its educational value.

Two years later the first modern Olympic Games took place. Of course, the competi-

tions were held in Greece to symbolize the continuation of the centuries-old tradition.

In 1896 the International Olympic Committee was set up. It is the central policy-

making body of the Olympic movement. It is formed by the representatives of all coun-

tries which take part in the Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee

decides upon the programme of the games, the number of the participants and the city-

host for the Games. Over one hundred and fifty countries are represented in the