OlympicGamesEnglishComposition

TheOlympicGames(oftenreferredtosimplyasTheOlympicsorTheGames)isaninternationalmulti-sporteventsubdividedintosummerandwintersportingevents.Thesummerandwintergamesareeachheldeveryfouryears.Until1992,theywereheldinthesameyear.Sincethen,theyhavebeencelebratedtwoyearsapart.

TheoriginalOlympicGamesbeganin776BCEinOlympia,Greece,andwerecelebrateduntilCE393.In1896,theancientOlympicGameswererevivedattheinitiativeofaFrenchnobleman,PierreFrédy,BarondeCoubertin,thusbeginningtheeraoftheModernOlympicGames.Sincethefirstmoderngames,inAthens,Greece,participationintheOlympicGameshasincreasedtoincludeathletesfromnearlyallnationsworldwide.

Withtheimprovementofsatellitecommunicationsandglobaltelecastsoftheevents,theOlympicsareconsistentlygainingsupporters.ThemostrecentSummerOlympicswerethe2004GamesinAthensandthemostrecentWinterOlympicswerethe2006GamesinTurin.TheupcominggamesinBeijingareplannedtocomprise302eventsin28sports.Asof2006,theWinterOlympicswerecompetedin84eventsin7sports.