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Modern Olympic Games
It was Baron Pierre de Coubertin who started Modern Olympic games by drawing the
inspiration of Ancient Olympic games. He founded the International Olympic Committee in
1894 in Paris.
The first games were started in 1896 in Athens, the capital of Greece. In the first Olympic 280
participants from 13 nations participated in 43 events including track-and-field.
Paralympics
Paralympic Games is a major international sports event involving athletes with a range of
disabilities including impaired muscle power, impaired passive range of movement, limb
deficiency, leg length difference, short stature, hypotonia, vision impairment and intellectual
impairment.
Paralympic Games are organised along with the Olympic Games. The International Paralympic
Committee (IPC) is the governing body of the Paralympic.
Special Olympics
The Special Olympics International was started by Eunice Kennedy in 1968. It is the world’s
largest sports organisation for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and physical
disabilities.
This organisation provides year-round training and activities to participants. They organise
competitions every day, all around the world, including local, national, and regional
competitions.
Here every single person is welcomed, regardless of ability or disability.
Special Olympic focuses on holistic development and training that goes beyond the classrooms
into the playing fields. The Special Olympics creates role models who will inspire the other
children to participate.
Olympic Symbols
Olympic Flag
Olympic Flag was designed in 1913. This was first flown in 1920 at Antwerp Olympic games.
This flag consists of five ring circles interlinked with each other on a white background. The
colours of rings are green represents Europe, black represents Africa, blue represents Australia
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and Oceania, yellow represents Asia and red represent America.
Ideals of Olympic games
Olympic Movement happens to build a peaceful and better world by educating youth through
sport practiced without any discrimination and mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship,
solidarity and fair play.
Objectives of Olympic Games
➢ To draw the attention of the world that sports not only help in developing good health of
young people but to create better citizens and promote the development of their
character and personality
➢ To create a sense of loyalty, team spirit.
➢ To inculcate the concept that sports are a pastime and not an instrument for the
material.
➢ To create a spirit of international Amity and Goodwill and to contribute to better
understanding among people and nations.
Values of Olympism
There are three values of Olympism Excellence, Friendship and Respect. These values constitute
the foundation on which the Olympic Movement builds its activities to promote sport, culture
and education to build a better world.
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the supreme authority of the Olympic movement
formed in June 1894. The headquarters of IOC is at Lausanne, Switzerland. It is the authority
which organises the modern Summer and Winter Olympic Games.
The IOC is the main governing body of the National Olympic Committees (NOC), the
international sports federation, the athletes, the sponsors, the broadcast partners and united
nation agencies.
The Role Of IOC
➢ To encourage and support the promotion of ethics in sports as well as education of youth
through sports.
➢ To dedicate its effort to ensure that in sports the spirit of fare play prevails.
➢ To encourage and support the organisation, development and coordination of sports and
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sports competitions.
➢ To ensure the regular celebration of Olympic games.
➢ To cooperate with the competent public or private organisation and authorities.
➢ To take action in order to strengthen the unity and to protect the independence of
Olympic movement.
➢ To act against any form of discrimination affecting the Olympic movement.
➢ To encourage and support the promotion of women in sports at all levels.
➢ Competitions in Various Sports.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA)
IOA was formed in 1927 by Sir Dorabji Tata as its first president, D.G. Noehrem as it’s secretary
and G.D. Sodhi as assistant secretary. It is affiliated with IOC. The head office of IOA is in New
Delhi.
The Functions Of IOA
➢ To develop and promote Olympic movement and amateur sports.
➢ To promote and encourage physical moral and cultural values among youth for
development of good health and good citizen.
➢ To enforce all rules and regulation of games and sports at National level competitions.
➢ To provide training and preparation of players for participation at international level
competitions.
➢ To provide technical help for conducting National Level Competition.
➢ To observe and check the smooth working of national sports association.
➢ To provide official sponsorship to players for participation at International Level
Competition.
➢ To supervise the sports development in the country.
➢ To arrange funds for Sports program for training of players, infrastructural development,
and sponsorship of players, etc.
➢ To promote Olympic games at every level in India.
