Recent Olympic Games History

Understanding legacy: The "heritage" related to the Olympic Games is a very important thing that has been discussed for the past 12 to 10 years. Because this term is to oversee financial principles and understanding of the reality of Olympic dreams. In the Olympic Games held in Montreal in 1976, there were several negative financial results, so the IOC recognized the enthusiasm for the future after the Olympic Games. The importance of legacy has become a bright place to eliminate the attractiveness of large sports events and the excessive nature of international events.

Alwert Press' s Al Bertrand has read my two Olympic books and invited me to write a brief history of the Olympic Games for the new series' An easy history of Ancient World '. As I am a classic, my interests and research on ancient games never declined when I concentrated on contemporary games. As he knew that such books are very necessary, I accepted Mr. Bertrand's invitation. Bertrand also proposed that I use the chapter to summarize my research on the beginning of the modern Olympic Games. As I wrote, my main consideration is the interest of general readers and college students to the Olympic or ancient courses.

The first Ancient Olympic Games were held in 776 BC. This is an important event in the history of the ancient Greeks, that date - and football game champion, Elise 's Coroebus - are well known basic facts. These Olympics and all subsequent events took place at the Olympia stadium or stadium. Gradually, the stadium has been refined for centuries. The same is true for temples near the sacred place, Artis. About 600 BC, Hera and Zeus built a beautiful temple. Hera is also a goddess of marriage and also a wife of Zeus, and the statue of Zeus is standing behind her. It is here that the Olympic torch is lit in ancient times, and the torch of the modern Olympic Games is also lit here.

The Olympic torch or the Olympic flame idea was first completed in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games. There was no torch relay at the ancient Olympic Games. But in other ancient Greek sports festivals, including those to be held in Athens, torch relays are known. The modern Olympic torch relay was originally founded in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

In the 23rd Olympic Winter Games held in Pyeongchang to commemorate the ancient Olympic Games, the Olympic Torch was ignited at Hera Temple in Olympia on October 24, 2017, showing the beginning of the Greek torch relay stage tradition It was. This custom was first introduced in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and returned to Prometheus to steal the flame of the gods.