“Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history” - Pierre de Coubertin, (1863-1937)
Everyone aims toward an ultimate dream, an end goal. For many athletes, their aspirations lie in participating in and to medal in the Olympics. The Olympics is an international sporting event known for it purpose of international unity and providing a show of good sportsmanship. It is also an event where countries spend billions of dollars to host it, hundreds of thousands of people are in attendance and it is given a lot of news coverage for months. All of this brings up issues and benefits of its own, of which this essay will cover. Host countries should be against investing as much as they do into into the Olympic Games, both politically and economically,
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As well, they are a prime reason for countries to solve issues that otherwise would have remained untouched without the spotlight of the Olympics, and this provides several long-term benefits. Anywhere from 180-200 countries are represented in the Games and are all gathered for the central love for sports. There is no other international sporting competition that ranges from the most well-known of sports (volleyball, gymnastics, swimming) to lesser known ones (table tennis, canoeing), receives the overwhelming amount of media coverage that it does, and is universally well-loved. The Olympics is the only event of its kind, and it requires the preservation it deserves. Even in times of war and hardship, citizens of all nations can come together, forget their issues and enjoy sports. For example, the 1988 South Korean Olympics. They had political tension with and the Soviet Union and China, who had both sided with North Korea in the Korean War. They also had political tension with Japan, due to Japan having taken over Korean land in 1912. South Korea even went as far as to send money and supplies (equipment or even airplanes for athletes who couldn't afford the travel fees) to those who needed it. South Korea had also been seen prior to the Olympics as a third world country; the Olympics allowed them to prove that they had greatly industrialized their economy. By inviting these countries, they hoped to unify the whole world in one place, and to heal the world from the aftershock of the many wars that had gone by. Another place this has been seen is the 2016 Olympics, where everyone in attendance and those watching at home were able to forget their differences, despite the Syrian War and the upcoming American election dividing not only their citizens, but those in other countries who took a stance as well. This is just two examples of the effect
Since 776 BCE, the Olympics have been a way for people of different cultures to come together and compete in friendly competition. In 1892 the first modern Olympics were held in Athens, although it had been over a thousand years since the last game it still had brought together an assortment of different religions and ethnic groups together. Many factors shaping the Olympic Games reflect the changes that have taken place in our world since the last game in 393 CE in Greece such changes include woman’s suffrage, global economy, world wars, and proving competency.
As the base of this essay is on how the Olympics have been used in the
In Ancient Greece they formed the Greek Olympics in the year 776 B.C in which participants participate to honor the gods and demonstrate their physical abilities. What was amazing was that those who participated were only participating in honor and not prizes. Something that they would win was the olive wreath which was basically winning the honor and recognition of the people and the gods. Comparing to the ancient time and now is that there are now commercialized, endorsements, and sponsorships for athletes to represent companies in the Olympics. However, the Olympics still hold true to the idea that it is still a place for participants compete with the best in the world for the honor (gold,silver, and bronze medal). Also, if we look at the sculpture of the Diskobolos made by Myron of Eleutherae it represented the general athlete in motion and would symbolize the ancient times athlete. But something that is different about now and the Greek ...
Modern Day Olympics are a huge tradition that sweeps the screens of televisions across the world. Competitors take the arena with uniforms that dawn their countries colors and designs that are meant to resemble their designated flag. For months the news is centered around the games; the preparation, the athletes, and of course the competition. Countries aren 't obsessed, they are inspired and full of pride seeing athletes from their country compete and show their incredible skill. This tradition dates back to ancient Greece where the games began. Tony Perrottet writes about the traditions of the ancient game in his book The Naked Olympics.
The Olympics that is held today is inclusive, in which it is open to both men and women from all around the world who is qualified to compete. In addition, the current Olympics has a variety of competitions, which encourages a high participation rate of competitors. The Greek’s emphasis on the importance of admiring successful athletes is also an aspect that is still prevalent today. In today’s society, we especially praise those who are skilled and talented, and we spend hundreds of millions to host these athletic games/events. Not only that, people are willing to pay large amount of money to watch people compete and to represent their countries.
The Olympic Games are the leading worldwide sport event that held every 4 years, featuring thousands of international athletes from more than 200 nations participating in a variety of sports competitions. Although the Games are about winning the sports competitions, they also provide a platform for the nations throughout the world to learn different cultures and share uniqueness. The Games are important, and have to be held because they transmit a message of friendship and peaceful between nations.
Hosting the Olympics comes with many perks for such as, prestige, the creation of new facilities and countless amounts of benefits. With so many things the Olympics has to offer, there can be numerous reasons why countries compete to be elected as the hosting country for the Olympics. The most common reason countries want to host the Olympic is because of its potential ability to improve the country’s economy significantly. With the entire world participating in the Olympics, the hosting country can market...
The Olympics are fantastic games where athletes from around the world come to compete and represent their home country. The games are full of amazing accomplishments, but the games are not always what they are cracked up to be. The Olympics bring much hope and joy, but sometimes they bring terrible disasters. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, the Munich Massacre happened. Eleven Israeli Olympians were killed at the Munich Olympic games by terrorists (Frommer 90-91).
The majority of the countries who send athletes to participate in the Olympics have political, economic, and environmental issues and a more important investment would be to work towards solving those matters rather than spending a fortune on sending a select few athletes to the
The Olympics is a mega sport event which is presented once every four years and it has become a golden opportunity for hosts to emerge as a strong country. Hosting the Olympics is a big thing for every country and they receive worldwide attention from the preparation period until the actual event. However, hosting the Olympics comes with heavy stakes and experts tend to argue about the appropriateness for the countries to host it. There may be people who oppose with hosting the Olympics, however, the country rebranding, the economy hike and also the pride and patriotism of citizens just demonstrate the need of hosting the Olympics for the development of the country.
The Olympic Games is a world renowned platform for the very best of athletes from all over the world to come together in the spirit of healthy competition and show the world the result of their hours of dedication to training. Athletes who represent their country in the Olympics hold the responsibility of performing to the best of their ability so that no matter what the outcome is at the end of their event, the county as a whole is proud to be associated with that particular athlete. In having a result as such, the nation stands united as one with an elevated sense of national pride. A BBC World News exert by Jane Mower (2012), serves as proof that Olympic success leads to national pride and that the performance of the athletes is important
Most at times do not really realize how important history and its events greatly influence the way we live and what we do today! Every four years we celebrate the beginning of something that was brought up long ago, the Olympics! This great event in which, now the whole world participates in started way back in the year 776 BC. It started from people playing for the God Zeus to people playing for their country and a medal, the Olympic Games sure did evolve as the time and beliefs changed.
Every four years, there will be an international sports event held. Under this topic, we are not talking about the FIFA World Cup, which hold in the next month, but the Olympics Games. Most of the Olympics Games can hold successfully, the credit of an international organization is indispensable. This international organization is International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Introduction Today, the Olympic Games are the world's largest pageant of athletic skill and competitive spirit. They are also displays of nationalism, commerce and politics. Well-known throughout the world the games have been used to promote understanding and friendship among nations, but have also been a hotbed of political disputes and boycotts. The Olympic games started thousands of years ago and lasted over a millennium.. The symbolic power of the Games lived on after their demise, and came to life again as the modern Olympic Games being revived in the last century. Both the modern and Ancient Olympics have close similarities in there purpose and in there problems.
Sport unites nations. Sport unites nations and creates peace between countries since each country wants to invite the other countries to the world cup. This creates friendships between nations. Countries try to be friendly to other countries to create a better and more enjoyable sporting events. Nations bond and help each other due to sport especially the World Cup which is a way for countries to show off their support for the teams and the unification of people.