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1he C|ymp|c Games over t|me

1op|c Sentence 1he maln prlnclples and Lhe phllosophy surroundlng Lhe Clymplc Cames have survlved Lhe
cenLurles and are sLlll preserved under Lhe concepL of Clymplsm whlch conLrlbuLes Lo maklng Lhe
Clymplcs' hlsLory so unlque and lnLrlgulng
1|t|e s||de
"1he C|ymp|c Games over t|me"

8enaLo vldlgal
Aprll 19 2010

lnLroducLlon
(Audlo ScrlpL lmage 1)


Accordlng Lo hlsLorlcal records such as
!udlLh Swaddllng ln Lhe book 1he
AnclenL Clymplc Cames" (1999) Lhe
Clymplc Cames were flrsL ever played ln
Lhe year of 776 8C ln anclenL Creece
1hey were held for 1170 years unLll Lhe
year of 393 AC when Lhe games were
banned along wlLh all pagan" fesLlvals
by Lhe 8yzanLlne Lmperor 1heodoslus l

1|t|e S||de Image

Image 1 (Introduct|on)


(eloponnese Clymplcs nd)
Lconom|c Soc|a| Contr|but|ons

PosLlng Lhe Clymplcs has become boLh
an economlc beneflL and a burden Lo
hosL clLles nowadays or back ln Llme
Powever Lhe legacy of Lhe games as a




ma[or lnLerculLural evenL Lo hosL
counLrles has always made hlsLory unLll
Loday Lhe lmpacLs of Lhe Clymplc ln
anclenL Creece are vlslble Lhrough Lhe
remlnlscences of old sporL venues daLlng
back from Lhe Pellenlc era





































1he Modern C|ymp|c Games
(|mage 2)

(AnclenL Creece Clymplcs nd)

(|mage 3)



(AnclenL Creece bulldlngs nd)


1he Clymplc evenL as lL ls known Loday
can be Lraced back Lo 1896 when Lhe
flrsL modern Cames ln ALhens have
aLLempLed Lo revlve Lhe LradlLlons of Lhe
anclenL Clymplcs ln lLs modern verslon
Lhe Cames have acqulred an
lnLernaLlonal characLer and aLLracLed
aLhleLes from many counLrles lrom
1896 on one clLy ls elecLed every four
years Lo hosL dlfferenL modallLles of
sporL compeLlLlon 1he modern
Clymplcs only sLopped durlng World
Wars l and ll






























(Image 4)







(Clymplc games 1986 nd)



(1he modern Clymplcs 2000)






1he Importance of the C|ymp|c Games
to the c|t|es |n the beg|nn|ng of the 20
th

century

Slnce Lhen Lhe Clymplc games have
developed ln dlfferenL ways followlng Lhe
hlsLory of Lhe peoples noneLheless Lhe
maln prlnclples and Lhe phllosophy
surroundlng Lhe Cames have survlved Lhe
cenLurles and are sLlll preserved under Lhe
concepL of Clymplsm whlch conLrlbuLes Lo
maklng Lhe Clymplcs' hlsLory so unlque and
lnLrlgulng PunLer (2001) refers Lo Clymplsm
as an lnner falLh of a man ln hlmself a
consLanL efforL of physlcal and lnLellecLual
enhancemenL






















(Image S)



(lCC Clymplc museumnd)



ack to Athens |n 2004
1he Clymplc Cames ln lLs mosL recenL
form have come back Lo Creece ln 2004
1he dlfferenL envlronmenL of a much
more developed Creece has played an
lmporLanL role ln deflnlng Lhe dlfferenL
face of Lhe Cames Loday
ln Lhe flrsL lnLernaLlonal Clymplcs of
ALhens ln 1897 241 aLhleLes from 14
naLlons compeLed whlle ln Lhe 2004
games over 10300 aLhleLes from nearly
200 counLrles were expecLed ln ALhens
8esldes Lhe audlence and parLlclpanLs
Lhe Clymplc Cames have grown ln Lhe
breadLh and varleLy of compeLlLlons Lo
lnclude many sporLs and evenLs such as
baskeLball baseball [udo Laekwondo
cycllng waLerpolo gymnasLlcs and
beach volleyball (1he 1896 Clymplcs
had 43 separaLe evenLs Lhe 2004
Clymplcs have counLed over 300)













(Image 6)


(ALhens 2004 logo nd)
(|mage 7)

(veloso 2009)



(Clymplcs Cpenlng 2008)




9ara|ymp|cs a new approach for the
Games

Moreover slnce 1960 Lhe aralymplcs
Cames have added a speclal meanlng Lo
Lhe LradlLlonal evenL maklng lL more
lncluslve Also ln 2010 Lhe Clymplc
Cames wlll be furLher complemenLed by
Lhe ?ouLh Cames allowlng aLhleLes
beLween Lhe ages of 14 and 18 Lo also
compeLe




(Image 8)



(8el[lngparalymplcs 2008/2009)











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(?ouLh Clymplcs 2010 logo nd)


C|ymp|c Games 1oday

1he Clymplc MovemenL Loday
encompasses dlfferenL naLlonal and
lnLernaLlonal organlzaLlons and
lnsLlLuLlons LhaL employ a greaL amounL
of people worklng conLlnuously Lo puL
forLh Lhe Cames and lLs pro[ecLs
lurLhermore London2012 (already ls
consldered Lo be Lhe flrsL summer hosL
clLy Lo embed susLalnablllLy lnLo Lhe
Cames plannlng whlch) has
been seLLlng new sLandards ln regards Lo
envlronmenL and Lhe communlLles
(Image 10)





(8el[lng 2008 offlclal lmages nd)

(Image 11)




(ArchlLecLurellsL 2009)



In Conc|us|on


(Image 12)


Looklng Lo Lhe hlsLory of Lhe Clymplc
Cames help us reallze Lhe lmporLance of
Lhe evenL as one of Lhe oldesL
celebraLlons of manklnd lL has always
unlLed Lhe peoples as well as produclng
poslLlve lmpacLs on everybody's llves
1he Clymplc clLles have always had
speclal remarks ln hlsLory and are always
remembered Lhrough Lhe generaLlons
LhaL follow



(8oyal klngsLon nd)
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