Submitted by Ирина Владимировна Куденцова on Sat, 13/12/2014 - 02:17
All over the world people of different ages are fond of sports and games. Sport helps people to be strong and healthy. It also makes people more organized and disciplined. We all need to exercise. Regular exercises give you more energy. The best exercises are: walking, jogging or swimming. Football, basketball, swimming, volleyball, ice hockey, tennis, gymnastics, figure skating are popular in our country. A person can choose sports and games for any season, for any taste.
2. The history of the Olympic Games:
Since ancient time people like to compete. The world’s greatest international games are known as the Olympic Games. The Olympic Games have a very long history. They began in 777 BC in Greece and took place every four years for nearly twelve centuries. They were for men only. These games were part of a festival held every fourth year in honor of God Zeus at the place called Olympia. The athletes competed in running, boxing, wrestling and horse racing. The best athletes from different cities of Greece came to take part in the competition. The games were so popular that people used to stop wars during the games.
3. The history of the Olympic Games:
In the 4-th century the tradition of Olympic Games stopped. The modern Olympic Games began again in 1896. They were revived by a Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin. In 1896 the International Olympic Committee was set up. Since then the Olympics were held regularly. Women began to take part in Games in 1912. There were no Olympic Games only during the two world wars (in 1916, 1940 and 1944). The ancient Greeks had no winter sports. Only in 1924 the first Winter Olympic Games were held in France. Now Summer and Winter Games are held separately. Russia joined the Olympic movement in 1952. In 1980, Moscow hosted the twenty-second Olympic Games.
4. The Olympic emblem:
The Olympic emblem is five interlinked rings: blue, yellow, black, green and red. The Olympic rings were created in 1913 and represent the five continents. Every ring symbolized a continent: black – Africa, blue – Europe, red – America, yellow – Asia and green – Australia.
5. The Olympic flame:
The Olympic flame is one of the symbols of the Olympic Games. It is a symbol of spirit, knowledge and life. The fire comes from Olympia, a small town in Greece and many runners transport the flame in a torch to the country of the games. It burns from the opening ceremony until the end of the games.
The Opening Ceremony:
The Olympic Games begin with the opening ceremony. Athletes light the Olympic flame. It is a symbol of spirit, knowledge and life. The fire comes from Olympia and many runners transport the flame in a torch relay to the country of the games. Each competitor had to take the Olympic Oath - a promise to behave and compete in a fair way.
Olympic medals:
6. Olympic medals:
Olympic medal - a mark of distinction for personal or team sports achievements in competitions at the Olympic games. After each event, medals are given to the first three athletes. They receive gold, silver and bronze medals. Their flags are raised and the national anthem of the winner's country is played. Countries with the most Olympic Gold Medals are the USA and Russia.
Olympic medals:
Golden medal -for the first place;
silver medal - for the second place;
bronze medal - for the third place.
OVERALL MEDALS
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
USA
1018
824
710
2552
2
USSR
473
376
355
1204
3
Germany
232
235
251
718
4
Italy
227
189
211
627
5
Great Britain
217
258
262
737
6
France
217
239
273
729
7
Democratic Republic of Germany
192
165
162
519
8
Sweden
190
192
222
604
9
China
172
135
122
429
10
Norway
161
154
133
448
7. Winter sport disciplines:
Alpine Skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross Country Skiing
Curling
Figure skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Luge
Nordic Combined
Short Track Speed Skating
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Snowboard
Speed skating
Summer sport disciplines:
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Canoe Slalom
Canoe Sprint
Cycling BMX
Cycling Mountain Bike
Cycling Road
Cycling Track
Diving
Equestrian / Dressage
Equestrian / Eventing
Equestrian / Jumping
Fencing
Football
Golf
Gymnastics Artistic
Gymnastics Rhythmic
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Trampoline
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling Freestyle
Wrestling Greco-Roman
8. Olympic Games host cities:
Nowadays, many cities compete to host the Olympic Games. It is a great honour to host the Games. The games have also become politically important. The International Olympic Committee is the organization that governs the games. It decides which sports and events are held at the games and the host city for the summer and winter games. The USA hosted Games 8 times. Great Britain – 3 times and Russia – only once. The 2014 Olympic Winter Games will take place in the Russian Federation. The next summer games will be held in Rio.
9. The Best athletes:
It is a real honour for a sportsman to become a winner of the Olympic Games. A sportsman must practice for many years to make their dream come true. All athletes must take the Olympic oath. They promise to do their best and compete in a fair way.
Michael Phelps became the most successful Olympian of all time. He has 22 Games medals to his name, including an astonishing 18 golds.
Larissa Latynina was a Russian gymnast, she has 9 gold,
5 silver and 4 bronze Olympic medals between 1956 and 1964.
Nikolai Andrianov – another Russian gymnast has 7 gold,
5 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Usain Bolt is another successful athlete. He has 6 golden medals. He is the best runner in the world from Jamaica.
10. The XXII Olympic Winter Games:
The XXII Olympic Winter Games will take place 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi, Russia.
On the 29th of September 2013, the Olympic torch was lit in Ancient Olympia and began a seven-day journey across Greece to Russia. The torch will visit 83 Russian cities and arrive at Sochi on the day of the opening ceremony,
the 7th of February, 2014.
On the 26th of October the ceremony of lighting of the Olympic flame took place in our city. Lubov Egorova, a six-time Olympic gold medalist in cross-country skiing, Hero of Russia, and an honorary citizen of the city lit the fire in the bowl.
The pupils of our school took part in the march. We were near the Chernyshevskaya Metro Station and saw the Olympic flame. We were proud of our country and Russian athletes. It was great!
11. Sports in my life:
As for me I am not going in for sport. In my free time I sometimes go swimming. I also have lessons of PE at school. I prefer watching sport programs on TV. My favorite sports are football and hockey. My uncle and I are waiting for ice hockey matches. We believe that our team will win and become the Olympic Champion.
In my class only one pupil does sport professionally every day. All other pupils like watching TV programs. I asked my classmates about Olympic Games.
pupils: 21
would like to watch Olympic Games: 16
wouldn’t like to watch Olympic Games: 5
Skiing
5
-
Figure skating
9
-
Ice hockey
10
-
Snowboarding
8
-
Bobsleigh
4
-
In our class there are 21 pupils. 16 pupils would like to watch Olympic Games.
Only 5 pupils wouldn’t like to watch Olympic Games.
Five pupils will watch skiing.
Nine pupils will watch figure skating.
Ten pupils will watch ice hockey.
Eight pupils will watch snowboarding.
Four pupils will watch bobsleigh.
Lots of people consider sport to be the funniest way to spend free time. Some of them watch sport matches on TV, supporting their favorite team. Some of them go in for sport. It is useful for health and it is a good opportunity for people to get together and to make friends.
The Olympic idea means friendship, fraternity, and cooperation among people of the world. The Olympic Movement proves that real peace can be achieved through sport.
Alpine Skiing
Biathlon
Bobsleigh
Cross Country Skiing
Curling
Figure skating
Freestyle Skiing
Ice Hockey
Luge
Nordic Combined
Short Track Speed Skating
Skeleton
Ski Jumping
Snowboard
Speed skating
Archery
Athletics
Badminton
Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Boxing
Canoe Slalom
Canoe Sprint
Cycling BMX
Cycling Mountain Bike
Cycling Road
Cycling Track
Diving
Equestrian / Dressage
Equestrian / Eventing
Equestrian / Jumping
Fencing
Football
Golf
Gymnastics Artistic
Gymnastics Rhythmic
Handball
Hockey
Judo
Modern Pentathlon
Rowing
Rugby
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Synchronized Swimming
Table Tennis
Taekwondo
Tennis
Trampoline
Triathlon
Volleyball
Water Polo
Weightlifting
Wrestling Freestyle
Wrestling Greco-Roman
Nowadays, many cities compete to host the Olympic Games. It is a great honour to host the Games. The games have also become politically important. The International Olympic Committee is the organization that governs the games. It decides which sports and events are held at the games and the host city for the summer and winter games. The USA hosted Games 8 times. Great Britain – 3 times and Russia – only once. The 2014 Olympic Winter Games will take place in the Russian Federation. The next summer games will be held in Rio.
