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The olympic movement uses represent many symbols, most
of them Coubertin the ideas and ideals. The most known
symbol is probable that of the Olympic rings. These
five interwoven rings the unities of five inhabited
continents (with America considered as a single continent)
represent. She appeared in five colors on a white field
on the Olympic Flag. These color, white (for the territory),
red, blue, green, yellow and black were so chosen that
every people had to slightest an of these color in the
national flag. The flag was accepted in 1914, but the
first Games by which were flown became Antwerps, 1920.
It is hoisted by each celebration of the Games.
The official Olympic Motto is meditate "Citius,
Altius, Fortius", a Latin sense "Swifter,
higher, more strongly". Coubertin the ideals have
been illustrated probably it best by the Olympic Creed:
"Most important in the Olympic Games is not to
be won, but part to take, is not the triumph neat as
most important in the life, but the fight. The most
important thing is not to be had conquered, but to have
fought." The Olympic Flame has been lit in Olympia
and under the guest city of lopers that the torch in
relais. There an important role plays by the openings
ceremonies. Although the torch fire is around since
1928, the relais, were imported in 1936.
The Olympic mascotte, an animal or a human figure that
the cultural inheritances of the country of reception
imported became, in 1968. It has an important role played
of the spell that since 1980 with the debut of misha,
a Russian bear.
French and English are the two official scores of the
Olympic movement.
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