Week 5

The olympic torch is a symbol of the olympic games,representing the theft of fire from the greek god Zeus.Through out the whole olympics relay the flame is kept burning.

Week 4

The emblem on the olympic are 5 rings on a white field.it was designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin,the founder of the modern olympics.The 5 rings represent the 5 continents of the world.The colours of the rings are blue, yellow, black, green, and red

Week 3

Citius, Altius, Fortius,these are the olympic motto and these 3 latin words mean Swifter, Higher, Stronger.These mottos were borrowed by Baron de Coubertin.he got the idea off Father Didion after he used the words as a way to describe the great achievement in his school and Coubertin used those words to describe the goals of the athletes as way as achievement too.

Week 2

The modern olympic games started 776bc and then in 1890,the man who was known Coubertin formed a sports organization to help the people of France to like sports the way he did.Union des Sociétés Francaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA) was the name of the organization that he created.

Week 1

The Ancient Olympic Games started in 776BC in Olympia,Greece.It is a series of athletic competition.Many people competed in these event.Unlike today they played the events in nude.It is held every four years and it was celebrated until 393AD.

http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp