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1、Unit2,Module2 OlympicGamesStadiuminOlympia,Greece.TheStadiumBaronPierredeCoubertinTheI.O.C.headquartersatLausanne.BaronPierredeCoubertinfoundedtheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)in1894.TheIOCisthegoverningbodyoftheOlympicMovement,withtheOlympicCharterdefiningitsstructureandauthority.
2、PresidentsoftheIOCAncientandmoderngamesTheircreationwasinspiredbytheancientOlympicGames,whichwereheldinOlympia,Greece,fromthe8thcenturyBCtothe4thcenturyAD.BaronPierredeCoubertinfoundedtheInternationalOlympicCommittee(IOC)in1894.TheIOCisthegoverningbodyoftheOlympicMovement,withtheOlympi
3、cCharterdefiningitsstructureandauthority.StampofGreece 1896OlympicGamesOlympicTorchOlympicringsOlympicsymbolsTheOlympicMovementusessymbolstorepresenttheidealsembodiedintheOlympicCharter.TheOlympicsymbol,betterknownastheOlympicrings,consistsoffiveintertwinedringsandrepresentstheunityoft
4、hefiveinhabitedcontinents(Africa,America,Asia,Oceania,Europe).Thecoloredversionoftherings—blue,yellow,black,green,andred—overawhitefieldformstheOlympicflag.Thesecolorswerechosenbecauseeverynationhadatleastoneofthemonitsnationalflag.Theflagwasadoptedin1914butflownforthefirsttimeonlyatth
5、e1920SummerOlympicsinAntwerp,Belgium.IthassincebeenhoistedduringeachcelebrationoftheGames.TheopeningceremonyinthePanathinaikoStadium.1896Ascenefromtheopeningceremony ofthe2012SummerOlympicsinLondon.Athletesgatherinthestadiumduringtheclosingceremonyofthe2008SummerOlympicsinBeijing.Ameda
6、lceremonyMedalpresentationAtthe1921OlympicCongressinLausanne,itwasdecided toholdawinterversionoftheOlympicGames.Awintersportsweek(itwasactually11days)washeldin1924inChamonix,France,inconnectionwiththeParisGamesheldthreemonthslater;thiseventbecamethefirstWinterOlympicGames.Anicehockeyga
7、meduringthe1928WinterOlympicsatSt.Moritz."ParallelOlympics"In1948,SirLudwigGuttmann,determinedtopromotetherehabitationofsoldiersafterWorldWarII,organizedamulti-sporteventbetweenseveralhospitalstocoincidewiththe1948LondonOlympics.Guttmann'sevent,knownthenastheStokeMandevilleGames,beca
