The Olympic Games are chief international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes take part in a variety of competitions.
The London 2012 Olympic Games will outset on July 27, 2012 with a fantastic Olympic Ceremony, welcoming the world's greatest Olympic athletes to London. London will become the first city to officially host the modern Olympic Games three times having previously made so in 1908 and 1948. The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of theXXX Olympiad.
Through the Olympic in 2012 there will be many sportsperson who will fight to triumph. As different countries will be represented in Olympics 2012 so the athletes will want that they bring glory to the country.
The Olympic Movement consists of International Sports Federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organizing committees for each specific Olympic Games.
The Olympic Games had begun in Olympia at Greece in 776 BC. The games were staged in the wooded valley of Olympia in Elis. Within the 28 sports included in the Olympic Games, there are 37 disciplines.
Symbols:
Olympic symbols are used to represent the ideals embodied in the Olympic Charter. The Olympic symbols are icons, flags and symbols used by the International Olympic Committee to endorse the Olympic Games.