1. The origin of the modern Olympic Games:

On June 23, 1894, the French educator Pierre de Coubertin, who was revered as the "Father of the Olympics" When 79 representatives from 12 countries decided to establish the International Olympic Committee and create the Olympic movement, this feat once became the object of ridicule.

Today, a hundred years later, the Olympic Games have become a festival celebrated by everyone, and the Olympic Movement has also attracted the active participation of 202 countries and regions.

2. The development of the modern Olympic Games:

The Olympic Games originated in ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago and were named after the venue where they were held in Olympia.

After the ancient Olympic Games were suspended for 1,500 years, the Frenchman Coubertin proposed the idea of ??hosting the modern Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century.

The Olympic Committee was established in 1894, the first Olympic Games was held in 1896, the first Winter Olympics was held in 1924, the first Paralympic Games was held in 1960, the first Youth Olympic Games was held in 2010, and in 2012 The first Youth Olympic Games were held.

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Declaration of the Olympic Games:

On November 25, 1892, Baron Coubertin celebrated French athletics at the Sorbonne University in Paris. A wonderful speech was delivered at the 5th anniversary meeting of the alliance.

He called on people to "persistently pursue and realize a great and beneficial cause based on modern living conditions." This extremely rich and passionate historic speech was later known as "Olympic Manifesto".

In 1914, the European War broke out. This speech could not be published publicly in the war-torn environment, and Coubertin could only hide it quietly. In 1937, Coubertin died of an acute heart attack. The once inspiring and exciting declaration seemed to be gradually forgotten as the speech script disappeared.

But the French diplomatic analyst Marquis Fran?ois Damme, who is keen on studying sports history, always firmly believes that the original manuscript is still in the world. He followed the clues through the bits and pieces of indirect information left by the newspapers of the year. Throughout Europe, North America, and Africa.

Eventually, the Marquis de Damme discovered it in a safe deposit box in a Swiss bank in the early 1990s. As a result, the Marquis de Damme became the sole rights holder of the dissemination of Coubertin's "Olympic Declaration".

In 1994, during the commemoration of the centenary of the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee internally published only 1,000 copies of the "Olympic Declaration" booklet in English and French to announce the existence of this precious manuscript.

On January 2, 2008, to commemorate the 145th anniversary of Coubertin's birth, the world premiere celebration of the "Olympic Declaration" in Chinese, French and English was held in Beijing.

A hundred years after the manuscript of the "Olympic Declaration" was lost, when China entered the Olympic year, with the consent of Chairman Rogge of the International Olympic Committee and the copyright owner Marquis de Damme of France, Civilization Magazine published and distributed it for the first time in the world. The Olympic Manifesto in Chinese, French and English.

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