Olympics Journey – 1896- Athens to 2008- Beijing , China

These Five rings of IOC logo represents the fice contienents of the world to share the common vision for sports.

Thanks to Frenchman Pierre de Courbatin who revived the ancient Olympic sports events and world witnessed the first modern Olympic event in 1896 in Athens Greece where the ancient Olympic was born. This Frenchman founded the International Olympic Committee in 23rd June, 1894 at Paris and Demetrius Vikelas , Greece was the first president of IOC and two years later, world witnessed the first modern era Olympic in Athens , Greece.
Now Beijing , China is ready to host the 29th Olympic from August,8 to August 24,2008.
1896 – Athens, 1900- Paris , 1904- St. Louis, 1908- London, 1912- Stockholm, 1916- Not held, 1920- Antwerp, 1924-Paris, 1928- Amsterdam, 1932- Los angles, 1940 – Not held, 1944- Not held, 1948- London, 1952- Helsinki, 1956-Melborune, 1960-Rome, 1964-Tokyo, 1968- Mexico City, 1972- Munich, 1976-Montreal, 1980- Moscow, 1984-Los angles, 1988- Seoul, 1992- Barcelona, 1996- Atlanta , 2000-Sydney, 2004- Athens, 2008- Beijing.
The 29th Olympics slogan is “ One world, one dream” is also very encouraging. Wait and watch the Olympics in Dragon country, China.
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