The Olympic Games by https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy Elisa baresi en-us 2019-05-16 17:56:34 UTC 2026-01-22 23:26:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction elisabaresi05 https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360914615 The modern Olympic Games are the leading international sporting event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world partecipate in a variety of competitions.]]> 2019-05-16 17:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360914615 The ancient Olympic Games elisabaresi05 https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360917255 The ancient Olympic Games date back to 776 BC.
The Greeks dedicated these games to the god Zeus. The original games were held on the plain of Olympia in Peloponnesos,Greece]]> 2019-05-16 17:55:20 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360917255 The “stade” elisabaresi05 https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360921598 Only one event took place at the ancient Games.it was a short run that was called the “stade”. The race was run by men who competed in the nude. Women couldn’t compete in these games]]> 2019-05-16 18:04:24 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360921598 Winter and summer games elisabaresi05 https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360925449 Originally these were only held in the summer. The first winter games were held in 1924 in France. Beginning in 1994 the summer and winter Olympic Games were staggered, so that there is one set of Olympic Games, summer or winter alternating every two years.

]]> 2019-05-16 18:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360925449 The flag elisabaresi05 https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360940057 The Olympic flag has five intersecting rings. They are each a different color: red, black, green, blue and yellow. They represent the five parts of the world that were joined together in the Olympic Games: the americas, Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe.
Baron De Coubertin designed the flag in 1913-1914 and it was first used in the 1920]]> 2019-05-16 18:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360940057 The flame elisabaresi05 https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360943004 A flame was lit for each Olympics and it burned throughout the games.
The flame symbolised the death and rebirth of Greek heroes. This tradition began over 2700 years ago in Greece.]]> 2019-05-16 18:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/elisabaresi05/73p4utqgxmdy/wish/360943004