Olympic games history

           Olympic Games History

   

            There can be few people who have not heard of the Olympic Games. Olympic games is one of the famous international event that featuring summer & winter sports. It regarded as the world superior sports competition where more than 200 nations take part. The ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles, a son of Zeus.

               About three thousand years ago in Ancient Greece, the Games are a test of physical excellence, and, amazingly, they are as famous today as they were all that time ago. They took place on Olympia, the holy mountain on which was situated a temple built in honour of the Greek gods. Sports such as running and wrestling played a key part in the education of Greek boys in a society which believed that developing the body was as import as exercising the mind. In addition, the Greeks  honoured  their gods through athletic competition. For the inhabitants of the Greek islands, Olympia, situated as it was near the coast, became the venue for the most important of these athletic competitions.

             The original Olympic Games took place every four years , men and boys participated and running was the only event. For many reasons, the Olympic Games eventually died out, and the ancient site fell into an inevitable state of disrepair. However, there was a flurry of excitement when its ruins were uncovered by archaeologists in the nineteenth century.

                Many wondered whether this would be a good time to revive the ancient Games, but no action would have been taken without the enthusiasm of Frenchman Pierre de  Coubertin. He believed that giving young people the opportunity to compete against one another in sport would instil in them a spirit of solidarity which would ultimately contribute to the development of a, more peaceful world.

                  He campaigned tirelessly for the revival of the Games, and his dream was realized with the 1896 Olympics. These took place, appropriately, in Greece, and have been followed by Games every four years since, with fierce competition to be the country to host them. Despite their fascinating history the Olympic Games have their critics today, who claim that the Games are more of a curse than a blessing for the host country.