Olympic Motto:"The Olympic motto" Citius, Altius, Fortius "was devised in 1891 by Frenchman Henri Didon, a friend of Pierre de Coubertin, the Olympic motto officially established, Coubertin as an educator and sociologist, exalts the spirit of struggle as vital records.
"Life is simple, he said, because the struggle is simple. The good fighter but does not give back. It bends, but does not give up. If you can not get up before him, swerves and goes further. If you are short of breath, rest and wait. If you put out of action, encourages his brothers with the word and presence. And everything seems to fall apart before sq him despair never affect you. "
• Olympic rings:The Olympic flag was conceived by Pierre de Coubertin in 1913. Coubetin explains his idea,These five rings, blue, yellow, green, red and black, represent the five parts of the world united in front to Olympism and ready to accept fertile rivalries. In addition, one of six colors (including white) combined, are present in the flags of all nationalities.
• Olympic Hymn:It plays a the opening day of the Games, following the entry of the Olympic flag. The Official Olympic Hymn was adopted by the International Olympic Committee in 1957. It is based on a poem by the Greek poet Costis Palamas, and was set to music by Spirous Samaras in 1896. The first time you sang this hymn was in the Athens Olympics in 1896. The Olympic Hymn exists only in the original language (Greek), in English and French, because these are the two official languages of the IOC.
Immortal spirit of antiquity,Father of the true, the beautiful and good.Go down, introduce yourself, come derrámanos your light on this earth and under this sky.That was the witness of your fame.Give life, brightness and light to these noble gamesCast, wreaths not wither,A victorious in the race and the race!! Create in our breasts, hearts of steel! Create in our breasts, hearts of steelIn your Inmes plains, mountains and seasShine a great hue and form a templeWhere all nations meet to worship,Oh immortal spirit!Oh immortal spirit!Oh immortal spirit!ancient immortal!
• The Olympic flame:The Olympic Flame or Olympic Fire is a symbol of the Olympic Games, and evokes the legend of Prometheus, who had stolen fire from Zeus to deliver it to mortals. During the celebration of the ancient Olympic Games in Olympia, lit a fire was kept burning while the competitions will last, this tradition being reintroduced in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. In the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, first held a march of athletes to carry a torch with the flame, from the ruins of the temple of Hera in Olympia, to the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Currently, the Olympic flame symbolizes the historical continuity of the games and the strong links with the city of Olympia. The Olympic flame is lit on an altar before the temple of Hera. A group of women is placed around the altar while the Priestess lights the torch with the sun (with the help of a metal mirror), then gives it to the athlete. The flame at the hands of athletes, will take first to Athens and then to the city hosting the games.
• The Olympic oath:The oath was written by Baron de Coubertin and says:
"On behalf of all competitors I promise that all will take part in these Olympic Games respecting and obeying the rules that govern the true spirit of the athletes for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams"
The oath must take an athlete from the host country while holding the Olympic flag. The oath of the athletes was taken for the first time in the games of 1920.
"The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but competing, as well as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not the conquest but to have fought well"
Although there have been many changes in the original post, this is what appears on the whiteboard during the opening ceremony.
• The Olympic flag:The Olympic flag has a completely white background, in the center are five rings forming 2 rows of three rings above and two below. The rings of the top row from left to right: blue, black and red rings and the bottom row are yellow and green.The rings symbolize the five continents: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania and America.The flag was presented by the founder of the Olympic games in Congreo 1914.In the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games, the mayor of the city that is home to deliver the flag games the mayor of the city that will be the next venue. The flag is held in the city that will be the next venue to the next Olympic Games.
The Olympic Rings are the symbol principial Olympics. It is composed of five interlocking rings of blue, black, red, yellow and green. The Olympic Flag is composed of the Olympic Rings symbol on white background.
The Olympic rings date back to 1913 when Pierre de Coubertin in the Revue Olympique August, according to the symbol that would be used for the Olympic Congress in Paris in 1914:
The emblem chosen to illustrate the 1914 World Congress: five intertwined rings in different colors (blue, yellow, black, green and red) on the white field of the paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world who have come together to Olympism and have agreed to compete healthily.
In addition, the six colors combined represent all nations without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the French tricolor, the British, Americans, Germans, Belgians, Italians and Hungarians, the yellow and red of Spain lie next to the new Brazilian and Australian flags and those of ancient Japan and the young China. This is really an international emblem.
