{"id":93,"date":"2008-02-14T09:20:13","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T09:20:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-11-26T22:19:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T22:19:09","slug":"did-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportjournal.org\/article\/did-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Submitted by: Dr. Richard Bell, Ed.D.<\/div>\n

The Olympic flag was conceived by Pierre de Coubertin. The flag consists of five colored interlocking rings on a white background. The rings are blue, yellow, black, green, and red. After more than a century the flag still maintains its symbolism.<\/p>\n

At least one of the colors is found in all of the flags of the world. The Olympic symbol of the interlocking rings represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of the athletes of the world at the Olympic games.<\/p>\n

Beginning in 776 B.C., the Olympic Games were held in the valley of Olympia in Greece every four years for almost 1200 years. Inspired by the ancient Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin created the modern Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

First staged in 1896, they attracted about 245 athletes (all men) in 43 events. At the Sydney 2000 games, more than 10,000 athletes took part in 300 events. The Olympic Movement has survived wars, boycotts, and terrorism to become a symbol of the ability of the people of all nations to come together in peace and friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted by: Dr. Richard Bell, Ed.D.<\/div>\n

The Olympic
\n flag was conceived by Pierre de Coubertin. The flag consists of five colored
\n interlocking rings on a white background. The rings are blue, yellow,
\n black, green, and red. After more than a century the flag still maintains
\n its symbolism.<\/p>\n

At least
\n one of the colors is found in all of the flags of the world. The Olympic
\n symbol of the interlocking rings represents the union of the five continents
\n and the meeting of the athletes of the world at the Olympic games. <\/p>\n

Beginning
\n in 776 B.C., the Olympic Games were held in the valley of Olympia in Greece
\n every four years for almost 1200 years. Inspired by the ancient Games,
\n Baron Pierre de Coubertin created the modern Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

First staged
\n in 1896, they attracted about 245 athletes (all men) in 43 events. At
\n the Sydney 2000 games, more than 10,000 athletes took part in 300 events.
\n The Olympic Movement has survived wars, boycotts, and terrorism to become
\n a symbol of the ability of the people of all nations to come together
\n in peace and friendship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[299],"tags":[27,34,8,33],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4btio-1v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":245,"url":"https:\/\/thesportjournal.org\/article\/letter-to-the-editor-the-sport-journal-pierre-de-coubertin-arts-administrator\/","url_meta":{"origin":93,"position":0},"title":"Letter to the Editor – The Sport Journal Pierre de Coubertin, arts administrator","date":"September 8, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Submitted by: Raymond T. 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