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The Olympics Games

The Olympics Games Introduction There are only four international games which can fly the Olympic symbols and are admitted by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) Olympic Games Paralympic Games Special Olympics World Games Deaflympics Paralympic Games

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The Olympics Games

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  1. The Olympics Games

  2. Introduction • There are only four international games which can fly the Olympic symbols and are admitted by the IOC (International Olympic Committee) • Olympic Games • Paralympic Games • Special Olympics World Games • Deaflympics Fun Time

  3. Paralympic Games • For athletes with physical disabilities • Including mobility disabilities, amputees, visual disabilities and those with cerebral palsy • The name derives from the Greek "para" ("beside" or "alongside") • refers to a competition held in parallel with the Olympic Games • No relation with paralysis or paraplegia • The Games take place three weeks after the closing of the Olympics • In the same host city and using the same facilities • First Game • Summer Paralympics were held in Rome in 1960 • Winter Paralympics were held in Sweden in 1976 • Approximately 4,000 athletes with ages ranging from 11 to 66 in 2004 Summer Games Fun Time

  4. Special Olympics World Games • Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver • It’s the world's largest year-round program of sports training and competition for individuals (age 8 and older) with intellectual disabilities • The Special Olympics Young Athletes program is for ages 2 through 7 • It is the only sports organization authorized by the IOC to use the name Olympics in its title • First Game • Summer Special Olympics Games were held in Chicago in 1968 • Winter Special Olympics were held in Steamboat Springs in Feb. 1977 Fun Time

  5. Special Olympics World Games • Special Olympics Athlete Oath • "Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." • Athletes finishing from fourth to last place are presented a suitable place ribbon with appropriate ceremony • Compete with other athletes whose ability difference are within 10% • Approximately 7000 athletes from 150 countries in 2003 Summer Games Fun Time

  6. Deaflympics • Current name is since 2000 • "International Games for the Deaf" from 1924 to 1965 • "World Games for the Deaf“ from 1966 to 1999 • It’s the longest running multi-sport event excluding the Olympics themselves (20th) • First Game • Summer Games were held in Paris in 1924 • Winter Games were held in Seefeld, Austria in 1949 • In 2005 the 20th Games were held in Melbourne, "more than 3,000 deaf athletes and officials from 75 nations" participated Fun Time

  7. Olympic sports • The current program of the Olympic Games includes 35 different sports, 53 disciplines and more than 400 events • Ex. swimming & water polo are both disciplines of aquatics • The Summer Olympic Games includes 28 sports with 38 disciplines • Winter Olympic Games includes 7 sports with 15 disciplines Fun Time

  8. 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games • Gymnastics (體操) • Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline • Handball • Judo (柔道) • Modern pentathlon (現代五項) • Rowing (划艇) • Sailing • Shooting • Softball • Table tennis • Taekwondo (跆拳道) • Tennis • Triathlon (鐵人三項) • (1500m/40km/10km) • Volleyball • Indoor, Beach • Weightlifting • Wrestlinga (摔跤) • Aquatics • Diving, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, Water polo • Archery • Athletics (track and field) • Badminton • Baseball • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing (賽艇) • Flatwater, Slalom • Cycling • BMX, Mountain biking, Road, Track • Equestrain (馬術) • Fencing (擊劍) • Field hockey (陸上曲棍球) • Football (soccer) Fun Time

  9. Modern pentathlon • Simulates the experience of a 19th century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines • He must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight with pistol and sword, swim, and run • Since 1912 1. Pistol shooting 20 times in 40 sec (10m) 2. Fencing in one min and must get 1 point 3. 200 meter freestyle swimming 4. Show jumping on horseback for 450m in 20 min 5. 3 km cross country running Fun Time

  10. 2006 Turin Winter Olympic Games • Biathlon (combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting) • Bobsleigh • Bobsleigh (有舵雪橇), Skeleton (俯式冰撬) • Curling (冰壺) • Ice hockey • Luge (無舵雪橇) • Skating • Figure skating, Short track speed skating, Speed skating • Skiing • Alpine skiing, Cross country skiing, Freestyle skiing, Nordic combined, Ski jumping, Snowboarding Fun Time

  11. Summer: 20 Archery Athletics (track and field) Boccia Cycling Equestrian Football 5-a-side Football 7-a-side Goalball Judo Powerlifting Rowing Sailing Shooting Swimming Table Tennis Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair fencing Wheelchair rugby (英式橄欖球) Wheelchair tennis Volleyball (sitting) Winter: 5 Alpine skiing Ice sledge hockey Nordic skiing Biathlon, Cross-country skiing Wheelchair curling Paralympics Sports Fun Time

  12. Special Olympics World GamesSports • Gymnastics • Judo • Powerlifting • Roller Skating • Sailing • Snowboarding • Snowshoeing • Softball • Speed Skating • Table Tennis • Team Handball • Tennis • Volleyball • Alpine Skiing • Aquatics • Athletics • Badminton • Basketball • Bocce • Bowling • Cross Country Skiing • Cycling • Equestrian • Figure Skating • Floor Hockey • Football (Soccer) • Golf Fun Time

  13. Deaflympics Sports • Summer: 20 • Athletics • Badminton • Basketball • Beach Volleyball • Bowling • Cycling Road • Football • Handball • Judo • Karate • Orienteering • Shooting • Swimming • Table Tennis • Taekwondo • Tennis • Volleyball • Water Polo • Wrestling Freestyle • Wrestling Greco-Roman • Winter: 5 • Alpine Skiing • Cross Country Skiing • Curling (DEMO) • Ice Hockey • Snowboard Fun Time

  14. Past Sports • 板球 (1900年) • 木球 (1900年) • 花樣滑冰 (1908年 及1920年)，之後成為了冬季奧運的項目 • 高爾夫球 (1900年–1904年) • Jeu de Paume (1908) • 長曲棍球 (1904年–1908年, 1928年, 1932年與1948年) • 汽艇 (1908年) • 回力球 (1900年、1924年、1968年、1992年) • 馬球 (1900年, 1908年, 1920年–1924年, 1936年) • 壁球 (1908年) • 欖球 (1900年, 1908年, 1920年–1924年, 2000年) • 拔河 (1900年–1920年) Fun Time

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