The Olympic flag or symbol is constituted by 5 different colored rings, blue,Burberry Online, yellow, black, green and jed. These intertwined rings were designed in I9l3joy the founder of the Modern Olympics Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The five colors combined with the white background were said by Coubertin to have symbolic meaning:

"These five rings represent the five parts of the world now won over to the Olympics and ready to accept its fertile rivalries. Also the six colors thus combined represent those of Links Of London Earrings all nations, with no exceptions. This is a real international emblem. "

The flag was made in Paris, at a shop adjoining the Baron's birthplace. 3 meters long, 2 meters jived, the flag first appeared officially in Paris on the twentieth anniversary of the re-establishment of the games in 1914. It was first hoisted over an Olympic stadium in 1920, during the Antwerp Games.

At the Antwerp Games the flag also first appeared carrying the new Olympic motto "Cities, Altus, Forties" which is Latin for Faster,Belstaff Jackets Womens, Higher, Stronger. It was contrived by an educationalist supporter of Coubertin a Dominican monk, Father Henri

Olympic flame

The Olympic flame which symbolizes the endeavor for perfection and the struggle for victory was first introduced to the Olympics in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. The first torch relay was organized and run in Berlin in 1936. Originally the suggestion of the German, Theodore Leeward, a torch is lit at Olympia in Greece, the home of the ancient Olympics,Nike Air Max, and then carried by relay to the host city. The last runner, carrying the torch,Belstaff Icon Jackets, runs into the main stadium at the time of the Opening Ceremony. The Olympic flame is then lit and allowed to burn throughout the Games until it is extinguished during the closing ceremony.

Olympic oath

Just as the ancient Greek athletes had to swear an oath to play fairly, so do the competitors in the modern Olympic Games. The oath was written by Baron de Coubertin and is made at the Opening Ceremony by an athlete from the host country "of Tberialf of all the athletes.

'In the name of all competitors,burberrys carf outlet online, I promise that we will take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding by all the rules which govern them in the true spirit Links Of London Charms of sportsmanship, for the glory of sport and the honor of our teams. "Competition officials swear a similar oath.

Olympic spirit

There are many reasons and goals for the Olympic movement. Some of the main ideas and goals include: To promote the development of those physical and moral qualities which are at the basis of sport.

To educate young people through sport in a spirit of better understanding between each other, and of friendship, thereby helping to build a better and more peaceful world. To spread the Olympic principles throughout the world, thereby creating international goodwill. To bring together the athletes of the world in the great four-yearly sports festival, the Olympic Games. "The spirit of the Olympic Games is indeed the opposite of confrontation: it is the desire of a healthy life,Gucci Clutches handbags, the desire of a better world. "