THESE GAMES BEGAN
AROUND 2500 YEARS AGO
AT OLYMPIA IN GREECE.
THIS ANCIENT GREEK
STATUE SHOWS A MAN
THROWING A DISCUS.
BUT, THE FIRST MODERN
OLYMPIC GAMES WERE HELD
ONLY IN 1896. AND YOU KNOW
WHAT, NOW WHEN NEARLY
HALF OF ALL THE ATHLETES ARE
WOMEN, THERE WERE NONE AT
THAT TIME.
LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT
THE SYMBOLS OF OLYMPICS.
REALLY?
"THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE OLYMPIC
GAMES IS NOT WINNING, BUT TAKING PART;
THE ESSENTIAL THING IN LIFE IS NOT CONQUERING,
BUT FIGHTING WELL."
-PIERRE DE COUBERTIN
(FOUNDER OF MODERN OLYMPICS)
THOSE ARE THE OLYMPIC
FLAME AND THE OLYMPIC
FLAG.
I WATCHED
THE TORCH
RELAY OF 2016
OLYMPICS AT
BRAZIL.
I DID SEE THAT
FLAG. IT HAS
FIVE RINGS
ON IT.
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