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• The Paralympic Games were started in 1960, and gave athletes with disabilities a global platform to compete with courage and skill. ? • TheYouthOlympicGames,first DID YO U KNO W • The marathon distance (42.195 held in 2010, encourage young km) was fixed at the 1908 London athletes to learn Olympic values and friendship through Olympics so that the race would finish in front of the royal box. sport. • The first Olympic torch relay Today, the Olympic Games was introduced at Berlin in 1936, bring together over 200 countries linking the modern Games to ancient Olympia. andthousandsofathletes,carrying forward Pierre de Coubertin’s • The youngest-ever Olympic dream of using sport to build champion was 10-year-old Dimitrios Loundras (Greece, 1896, peace and understanding among gymnastics). nations. LET US REFLECT • How did the modern Olympics bring the world together after many wars? • Why do you think women’s inclusion in the Games was a turning point? The Identity of the Olympic Movement The Olympic Creed The Olympic Creed is a short message that expresses the true meaning of the Games. It reminds athletes and everyone watching that participating with effort and courage is more important than winning. The Creed was first spoken by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot during the 1908 London Olympics and later adopted by Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Games. It reflects the spirit of fair play and personal excellence that Olympism stands for. The Olympic Creed says: “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.” 90 Khel Praveen