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The Olympic Games are the world’s biggest sporting spectacle. They are

divided into a summer and winter games, held every four years by a single
city. Athletes with disabilities compete at the paralympics. More than 10000

athletes take part in the summer events along.

Let us know some valuable facts related to Olympic Games.

Olympic Symbol

The Olympic hymn was

composed by Spyros
Samaras.

• James B. Connolly of United States was the

first Olympic champion of the Modern
Olympic Games.

• He was the winner of the hop and Jump
which was the first event in the 1896
Olympics.

• Olympic Motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius – which
means : swifter, higher, stronger.

• The Olympic Flame symbolizes the continuity
Olympic Flame between the ancient and modern Olympics.

This Corner

The 2018 winter Olympics was held between 9 and 25 February in 2018 in Pyeonchang
country, Gangwon Province and South Korea.

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