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What do the Olympic rings represent? How the five colours were chosen
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are ... between the ancient and the modern Games”. A few months before the opening of the Games, a flame is lit at Olympia in Greece. The location is significant ...
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What Do the Olympic Rings Symbolize?
The first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Related: Simone Biles and Team USA Gymnasts Hailed an ...
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On This Day in 1896 the First Modern Olympic Games Began in Athens
On April 6, 1896, the first modern Olympic games began in Athens, Greece with the opening ceremony in the Panathenaic Stadium ...
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Centennial Olympic Park’s Fountain of Rings brings in new songs and technology
The fountain, using the five interlocking rings designed by the founder of the modern Olympic Games Pierre de Coubertin in 1913, was “an incredible draw during the Games,” said Ed Hula, a former ...
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Greece’s “Triple Crown” of October gatherings to unite Olympic family in the ancient home of the Olympic Games
However, we are also a modern and dynamic ... tells Around the Rings. “It is fitting that the 100th anniversary will take place in Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games.