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In 776 BC, the Greeks stipulated that a sports meeting should be held in Olympia every four years. During the Games, athletes from all over Greece and nearby people gathered in Olympia, a beautiful town in southern Greece. When the first Olympic Games were held here in 776 BC, the Dorian Cross won the championship in the 192.27-meter sprint. He became the first person to win the first title at the International Olympic Games. Later, the scale of the ancient Greek games gradually expanded and became a grand event to show the national spirit. The winners of the competition receive laurels, wild olives and palm...

The Olympics is a religious festival in ancient Greece that takes place every four years. When the festival comes, people hold athletics and other activities in the city of Olympia. The first Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece, in 776 BC. At first, only a few nearby city-states participated. Later, it gradually expanded, and even Greek colonial city-states as far away as the Black Sea also enthusiastically participated in the competition. The main events of the competition include walking, armed competition, gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. The winner receives a laurel crown or an olive crown, and has the right to erect a statue, and the city-state to which he belongs is also proud.

Poets and orators also participated in the competition. The poets published their works and the orators presented their congratulations. In order to ensure the holding of the games, the Greek countries agreed that all warring countries would cease fighting during the games. The games promoted the formation of a unified Greek culture and strengthened the unity of the various ethnic groups in Greece. The modern International Olympic Games inherited its tradition and got its name.

After ancient Greece was occupied by the Roman Empire, the Roman emperor considered the Olympic Games to be a pagan activity. Therefore, the Olympic Games were banned from being held in 394 AD. It was not until June 1894, at the first International Sports Congress held in Paris, that the resolution to resume the Olympic Games was passed and the International Olympic Committee was established.

The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens in 1896, and was held every four years thereafter. Three of the sessions were interrupted due to world wars, but the sessions are still counted in order.

With the progress of the world, the Olympic Games has become a grand event held every four years. It is a festival for people all over the world and a concrete manifestation of the comprehensive national strength of the host country and the yearning for peace of people around the world. In 2001, Beijing, China successfully won the right to host the 29th Olympic Games in 2008. This year's 28th Olympic Games will be held in Athens, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games.

[The origin of the "Olympic flame"]

The Olympic flame first appeared in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Of course it was Coubertin who came up with the idea, which at the time was limited to lighting the flame in a fountain basin near the stadium.

The Athens Olympic flame will be lit on March 25. This is a grand ceremony of the Olympic Games and a tradition that has been continued since 1936.

At noon on March 25, a priestess wearing a white robe will come to the center of the Olympia ruins to light the Olympic flame, thus kicking off the Athens Olympics. The Olympic flame will then travel to five continents and "visit" 21 cities that have hosted the Olympic Games before finally returning to the Athens Olympic Stadium on August 11.

As for the origin of this little-understood ceremony, people will not forget Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympics. He once sketched a blueprint to create a kind of ceremony that is different from other forms. Sports competition can bring people together, and more importantly, it can continue. It can make those who participate in the competition and those who cheer for the contestants feel the joy of sports, unity and friendship, and even humility. Slogans, signs, flags, pledges, parades, none of these can be ignored to make the Olympics unique. Not to mention the famous Olympic flame and its relay. The accompanying Olympic flame has become one of the most anticipated events in the entire Olympic movement during the Olympic Games.

The Olympic flame first appeared in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. Of course it was Coubertin who came up with the idea, which at the time was limited to lighting the flame in a fountain basin near the stadium. This new thing really did not attract people's attention at that time, and the media only commented on it in a few words. German Karl Diem was very interested in this.

He participated in the running competitions at the 1896 Athens Olympics and the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. He was not only a historian and ancient Greek scholar, but also a member of the German Olympic Committee, and later served as the Secretary-General of the Berlin Olympic Organizing Committee.

Since 1934, Coubertin and the Luxembourgian Count Henry de Bayette-Latour, who succeeded him as president of the International Olympic Games at that time, both expressed their approval to hold a preparatory ceremony in Olympia. What is even more satisfying is that they adopted Diem's ??idea and delivered the Olympic flame lit here to Berlin through specially selected messengers. In June 1935, Germany's plan was announced to the public in 5 different languages. The Olympic torch traveled 3,050 kilometers and passed through 7 countries. ***3,361 people participated in the torch relay. The first person to pass the torch was the Greek Konstantin Kontilis, and the last person was the German 1500-meter runner Fritz Schilgen. During the torch relay, there are countless celebrations. When the Holy Fire entered Germany, as many as 20,000 people greeted it. The Olympic flame has thus continued.