4. The ancient Greek stories :-
The first ancient olympic games started in olympia
valley in 776 BCE. it is believed that the natives of
olympia adored Zeus as their God. Once Zeus
appeared on the ground of olympia. The people
constructed a magnificent temple in the valley and
started the tradition of offering sacrifice. Later on,
Hercules, the son of Zeus, started the games and
sports in the honour of his father.
6. Another story :- Augeas, the King of Elis, gave the
responsibility to clean the vast stables as a punishment to
hercules for his misdeeds. Hercules placed a condition
before king Augeas that if he completes his punishment as
will as keep his promise, then king Augeas will have to give
10th part of his animal property.The king agreed. Hercules
succeeded in turning the flow of the Alpheus River towards
the stables and automatically the stables become clean. But
the king did not keep his word. After the hercules kill the king
Augeas and become the king. And he decided to pay
penance for crime committed and he organised Olympic
Games for first time.
7.
8. Another story :- The bank of Alpheus River, there was
a well-established kingdom named Elis. Hippodamia, the
daughter of king Oenomaus, was extraordinarily
beautiful. For her marriage the king placed a
condition.According to this condition she was to be
married to the person who would be able to kidnap her.
Thirteen youths one by one tried to kidnap her but failed.
All the youths were murdered mercilessly by the king.
After that a youth named pelops came from Elis. he was
a cunning and brave young man in comparison to other
youths. He made the charioteer his intimate friends and
made his remove the axle from the chariot of the king
before the beginning of the race. Pelops along with
hippodamia stared running his chariot the king followed
him in his chariot. When the king chariot was about to
reach the chariot of pelops, him chariot wheel came
off.not only was his chariot broken into pieces bue his
neck was also cut,thus pelops not got Hippodamia but
also his kingdom.pelops stared these games with
religious rituals.
47. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; German: Internationales
Paralympische Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the
global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes
the Paralympic Games and functions as the international federation for nine
sports. Founded on 22 September 1989 in Düsseldorf, West Germany, its
mission is to "enable Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence
and inspire and excite the world". Furthermore, the IPC wants to promote
the Paralympic values and to create sport opportunities for all persons with
a disability, from beginner to elite level.
The IPC has a democratic constitution and structure and is composed of
representatives from 176 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), four
international organizations of sport for the disabled (IOSDs) and five
regional organizations. The IPC's headquarters is located in Bonn,
Germany.
48. On 29 July 1948, the day of the Opening Ceremony of the London 1948
Olympic Games, Dr. Guttmann organised the first competition for
wheelchair athletes which he named the Stoke Mandeville Games, a
milestone in Paralympic history. They involved 16 injured servicemen and
women who took part in archery.
The Stoke Mandeville Games later became the Paralympic Games which
first took place in Rome, Italy, in 1960 featuring 400 athletes from 23
countries. Since then they have taken place every four years.
In 1976 the first Winter Games in Paralympics history were held in Sweden,
and as with the Summer Games, have taken place every four years, and
include a Paralympics Opening Ceremony and Paralympics Closing
Ceremony.
56. The International Paralympic Committee
(IPC; German: Internationales Paralympische
Komitee) is an international non-profit
organisation and the global governing body
for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC
organizes the Paralympic Games and
functions as the international federation for
nine sports. Founded on 22 September 1989
in Düsseldorf, West Germany, its mission is
to "enable Paralympic athletes to achieve
sporting excellence and inspire and excite the
world". Furthermore, the IPC wants to
promote the Paralympic values and to create
sport opportunities for all persons with a
disability, from beginner to elite level.
70. When people speak of the origin of Special Olympics, they look no further than the first Camp
Shriver—founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the early 1960s. They talk of one woman's dream that
started in her own backyard. They speak of her vision: how through sports, the lives of people with
intellectual disabilities would be transformed and public perceptions would be changed forever.
Back in 1960, a woman from Bethesda, Md. called up Eunice and told her that she was having trouble
finding a summer camp for her child with intellectual disability. The child wouldn't be accepted into a
mainstream camp, and, at that time, the public education system couldn't figure out what to do with
special-needs children never mind supply them with summer activities. Then another woman told her
almost the same thing.
"Enough," said Eunice.
In Eunice's world, "enough" has always meant "do something about it."
Thus was born Camp Shriver, which she started at her Maryland farm, Timberlawn. Eunice asked
special schools and clinics in her area to provide names of special-needs children who might be
interested. Then she recruited high school and college students to act as counselors. It was almost a
one-on-one situation--34 children, 26 counselors.
71. To almost everyone's surprise--the exception being Eunice--it was an instant success. The children swam,
kicked soccer balls, shot baskets and rode horses under the summer sun. Perhaps most importantly, the young
counselors, wary at first, began to see, as Eunice already had, that these children were not "difficult,"
"unteachable," "belligerent" and all those other stereotypes that had been ascribed to them. They merely
wanted to have fun ... just like every other kid.As the camp continued and flourished, people from the
community came out to watch, and they were followed by representatives of the parks department and public-
school system. "That's when it really began to catch on," Eunice said.
"The thing about Camp Shriver was that it was fun," says Tim. "That's what my parents are good at it--making
important things fun."
As the number of campers grew over the years, reaching about 100, so did the number of counselors. Special-
needs grow and thrive with attention, and at Camp Shriver there were never kids moping around alone. They
were engaged. "My mother always believed that one-on-one relationships can change people's lives," says
Maria Shriver.
72. Learning Through Interaction
One of the most important aspects of Camp Shriver was Eunice's insistence there be an interaction
between children with special needs and typical children. One of the latter was Tim, her son, just three
years old when the camp began. Tim was paired with a young boy with intellectual disabilities named
Wendell. They swam together, ate together, ran together and sometimes got in trouble together.
"The thing about Camp Shriver was that it was fun," says Tim. "That's what my parents are good at it--
making important things fun."As the number of campers grew over the years, reaching about 100, so did
the number of counselors. Special-needs grow and thrive with attention, and at Camp Shriver there were
never kids moping around alone. They were engaged. "My mother always believed that one-on-one
relationships can change people's lives," says Maria Shriver.
Camp Shriver continued for four years, up to the point when something grander and more far-reaching
replaced it. But it was an important first step.
80. YEAR VENUS YEAR VENUE
1968 Chicago 1995 New Heven
1970 Chicago 1999 Chapel hill,
Durham & Raleigh
1972 Los Angeles 2003 Dublin
1975 Mount Pleasant 2007 Shanghai
1979 Brockport 2011 Athens
1983 Boton Rouge 2015 Los Angeles
1987 Notre Dame &
South Bend
2019 Abu Dhabi
1991 Minneapolis &
Saint Paul
2023 Berlin (Scheduled)
89. The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic
Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global
organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic
stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees,
the International Federations, Organising Committees for the Olympic
Games, the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Olympic broadcast
partners. It also collaborates with public and private authorities
including the United Nations and other international organisations. The
vision of the International Olympic Committee is to Build a Better World
International Olympic Committee
90.
91. Established in on 23 June 1894,
the International Olympic
Committee is a not-for-profit
independent international
organisation. Based in Lausanne,
Switzerland, the Olympic Capital,
it is entirely privately funded and
distributes 90 per cent of its
revenues to the wider sporting
movement, for the development
of sport and athletes at all levels.
