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    The Olympic Games

    Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Games, wanted to encourage more young
    people to participate actively in sport. He and others linked the hosting of an athletic
    event to a set of ideals now known as Olympism.

    Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole, the


    qualities of the body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education,
    Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational
    value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

    The original versions of the Olympic Charter written by de Coubertin and his
    International Olympic Committee, listed four general aims.

    Aims of the Olympic Movement

     To promote the development of those physical and moral qualities which are the
    basis of sport;
     To educate young people through sport in a spirit of better understanding between
    each other and of friendship, thereby helping to build a better and more peaceful
    world;
     To spread the Olympic principles throughout the world, thereby creating
    international goodwill;
     To bring together the athletes of the world in the great four-yearly sports festival,
    The Olympic Games.

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is an organization of volunteer members


    from around the world, who guide the affairs of the Olympic Movement. A large part of
    its responsibility is to supervise the organization of an Olympic Games. The IOC is a
    permanent organization. It chooses and elects such persons as it considers qualified to be
    members, provided that they speak French or English and are citizens of and reside in a
    country that possesses a National Olympic Committee (NOC) recognized by the IOC.

    The IOC is also responsible for the promotion of Olympism throughout the world. In
    order to promote Olympism, the IOC:
     Collaborates to place sport at the service of humanity;
     Fights against any form of discrimination affecting the Olympic Movement;
     Supports and encourages the promotion of ethics;
     Leads the fight against doping in sports;
     Takes measures to prevent the endangering of the health of others;
     Opposes any political or commercial abuse of sport and athletes;
     Dedicates its efforts to ensuring that in sports, the spirit of fair play prevails and
    violence is banned.

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