3. According to the legend, it was Heracles who
first called the Games "Olympic" and
established the custom of holding them every
four years. A legend persists that after
Heracles completed his twelve labors, he built
the Olympic stadium as an honor to Zeus.
The most widely accepted date for the
inception of the Ancient Olympics is 776 BC;
this is based on inscriptions, found at Olympia,
of the winners of a footrace held every four
years starting in 776 BC.

4. The major international multi-sport event where
athletes with a physical disability compete; this
includes athletes with mobility
disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral
palsy. There are winter and summer paralympic
games, which are held immediately following their
respective olympic games.
The present formal explanation for the name
"paralympic" is that it derives from
the greek preposition παρά, pará ("beside" or
"alongside") and thus refers to a competition held
in parallel with the olympic games.

5. ●Freestyle (essentially, ●Individual Medley events;
front crawl); ●Medley Relay events;
●Backstroke; ●Freestyle Relay events.
●Breaststroke ;
●Butterfly.
●At the first few ●Women’s events were
modern Olympic introduced at the Stockholm
Games, Swimming 1912 Games.
events were held in
open water

6. The Olympic Rings are five interlocking
rings that stand for the five original
continents, (Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, and Europe) and the athletes
from around the world.
The colours of the rings are blue, yellow,
black, green, and red respectively. They
were chosen because at least one of these
colours is found on the flag of every
nation.

7. The Winter Games had never been hosted anywhere
in the Southern Hemisphere even though there are
suitable locations in New Zealand, Australia, Argentina
and Chile. It's not the lack of snow but the lack of
infrastructure to support such a huge event.
At the 1904 Paris Games the winners were awarded
paintings instead of medals as the French believed
that they would be more valuable.
The first woman to light the Olympic Flame at an
opening ceremony was Mexican hurdler Norma Basilio
at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.
World Wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940,
and 1944 Games. Also, large boycotts during the Cold
War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984
Games.