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Originally, the ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894The Ancient Olympic Games was a series of competitions held between representatives of several city-states and kingdoms from Ancient Greece, which featured mainly athletic but also combat and chariotracing events.
The Olympic Games are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games havecome to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition

The Games are currently held every two years, with summer and Winter Olympic Games alternating, although they occur every four yearswithin their respective seasonal games. Since 2008, host cities are contracted to manage both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, for athletes with a physical disability, and the Youth Olympic Gamesfor teenage athletes.
The Olympic Movement uses symbols to represent the ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter. The Olympic symbol, better known as the Olympic rings, consists of five intertwinedrings and represents the unity of the five inhabited continents (America, Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe). The colored version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field formsthe Olympic flag. These colors were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the 1920 SummerOlympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It has since been hoisted during each celebration of the Games
Opening and ending
As mandated by the Olympic Charter, various elements frame the opening ceremony of theOlympic Games. Most of these rituals were established at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The ceremony typically starts with the hoisting of the host country's flag and a performance of its national...