My Exposition Olympic Games

University of Quindío

Modern Languages Program

Reading and Writing II

Professor Vela

Ana Yizeth Arias

             April 22, 2013

OLYMPIC GAMES

WHAT ARE THE OLYMPIC GAMES?

The Olympic Games are the most important international sport competitions. In these competitions thousands of athletes of all over the world participate in a variety of competitions. The last event was in London on 2012. In these games participates 204 countries, in 39 disciplines.

Actuality, International Olympic Committee is the institution that oversees and manages everything about the Olympics.

WHICH IS THE ORIGIN OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES?

These games born in Greece and was a religious festival created in order to honor Zeus. The first Olympiad was done on 776 B.C. and according to the legend Hercules created these competitions. These games were made in Olympia City and the men were naked, the women could not participate in this competition.

WHAT DOES OLYMPIC SYMBOLS REPRESENT?

·       OLYMPIC RINGS: It is the principal symbol of the Olympics. This symbol is compound by 5 rings intertwined with colors: Blue, black, red, yellow, and green. These drawings represent the five continents of the world, and the colors represent the colors that each country has in its flags.

·       OLYMPIC TORCH: The Olympic torch is a flame that represents the beginning of the Olympic Games.  The flame is burning every four years in the opening ceremony in the Hera’s temple, Greece. After, many athletes take this torch for through the world until arrived to the host country.  This flame represents the purity and clarity along the time.

·       OLYMPIC FLAG: The flag has the Olympic rings on with a white background.

·       OLYMPIC MEDALS:  The Olympic medals are given to the best athletes of each sport categories. The award for the first place is a gold medal, for the second place is the silver medal. And for the third place is the bronze medal. The medals have a circular shape, and in front of it is the goddess Nike of Athens.

WHICH HAS BEEN COLOMBIA‘S ROLE IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES?

Colombia inaugurated the Olympic Games on 1932, in The Angeles Olympics. Colombia has always participated in all competitions except on 1952, in the Helsinki Olympics. Colombia is the third country in South America after Brazil and Argentina. Through Olympic History, Colombia has stand out in cycling, boxing and weightlifting. Again, Colombia has gotten medals in athletics, shooting, wrestling, judo, taekwondo and BMX.

Colombia has gotten 2 gold medals. The first medal was gotten by Maria Isabel Urrutia on 2000, in the Sidney Games; her discipline: Weigh – Lifting. The second was gotten by Mariana Pajon on 2012, in the London Games. Her discipline: BMX: Bicycle Moto Cross.