Olympics were first held in Greece in ancient times. The modern Olympics didn’t begin until the year 1896. Women competed in Olympic events for the first time in Paris in 1900. The first Winter Games began in 1924. And in 1932, the first Olympic village was built to accommodate athletes in Los Angeles. In 1936 in Berlin TV cameras broadcast Olympic events for the first time. The 1956 Olympics in Melbourne were the first Olympic Games to be held in the southern hemisphere. Tokyo hosted the first Asian Olympics in 1964.
IOC stands for International Olympic Committee, which governs the Olympics in general. It was founded in Paris on June 23, 1894. Its headquarters are in the. Swiss city of Lausanne. Its official languages are English and French. ItC members come from five different continents: Africa, America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. They choose Olympic cities six years in advance. All the Olympic movement’s rules are contained in a book called The Olympic Char
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The Olympic Games were first held at Olympia in ancient Greece as ling ago as 776 B. C. They were held once every four years. The custom lasted for more than 1,000 years, but died out under the rulers of Rome and ceased with the decline of ancient Greek civilization. Then in 1896 the Games were revived. In that year, a Frenchman, Baron de Coubertin, decided to try to start the Games again. He wished to renew those ideals of excellence of body, mind and spirit shown in the classic Greek Olympics. He succeeded, and the modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Since then the Olympics have grown steadily with more and more nations and athletes taking part. Because of the World Wars, they were not held in 1916, nor in 1940 and 1944. They have been regularly held ever since then.
The Olympics present the world’s most important athletic contests. Athletes from all over the world take part in the modern Olympic Games. Any nation may enter a team
A. In Athens.
B. In New York.
C. In Paris.
D. In Moscow.
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