Olympic Games

The world's greatest international sports games are known as the Olympic Games. The tradition of the Olympic Games runs back to ancient Greece. The first Olympic Games took place in the town of Olympia more than 2700 years ago.

The Olympic emblem is five interlinked rings: blue, yellow, black, green and red. Any national flag contains at least one of these colours.

During the Olympic Games there are tournaments in many kinds of sport. Summer sports competitions take place in summer during the Summer Olympic Games. Famous sportsmen are proud to participate in the Games. They compete in football, basketball, volleyball, boxing, weight-lifting, field athletics, gymnastics and many other kinds of sport.
The Winter Olympic Games are held the same year but in a different country. At the Winter Olympic Games many teams from different countries take part in competitions in figure-skating, skiing, free-style, ice-hockey and other winter spotrs.