On August 8, 2008, the 29th Olympic Games will be held in our great motherland. I have been interested in the Olympic Games since I was a child, and I am very concerned about the Olympic Games once every four years in my life. This is a TV program that I must watch every four years. I have seen the Sydney Olympic Games and the Athens Olympic Games. While watching the Olympic Games, I also saw that our country is making progress step by step. The sports cause of our whole country is booming, the comprehensive strength of the country is constantly increasing, athletes are constantly competing for gold medals and silver medals in the Olympic Games, and the audience outside is in high spirits. Cheer for our national team! In the coming year of 2008, I hope I can go to Beijing to watch the games in person and cheer for our athletes. I also believe that our national team will win more medals in the Olympic Games, even the first place in the gold medal list. I am very happy to take Olympic courses this semester, which gives me a better understanding and experience of the Olympics. My enthusiasm for the Olympics is growing day by day, and I can't wait to go to Beijing to watch the Olympics at once.
History of the Olympic Movement The modern Olympic Games developed on the basis of the ancient Olympic Games and originated in ancient Greece. The "flame" of the modern Olympic Games was lit from the ancient Greek Olympic sacrificial arena. The influence of ancient Greek sports tradition, bourgeois education reform and the rise of modern sports in the world directly promoted the revival of modern Olympics. 1892165438+10 In October, Coubertin made a speech at the celebration of the fifth anniversary of the French Federation of Sports Associations, and formally proposed the establishment of the modern Olympic Games. From 65438 to 0893, an international sports conference was held in Paris to discuss the revival of the Olympic Games. 1894 65438+ 10, Coubertin drew up the concrete steps and issues to be discussed in reviving the Olympic Games, and delivered a speech to sports organizations and groups in various countries. On June 65438+6, 2006, a resolution on reviving the Olympic Movement was adopted. On June 23rd, the International Olympic Committee was established. 1896 With the efforts of the great educator Coubertin and a group of pioneers, 1 The modern Olympic Games was finally successfully held. The modern Olympic Games are deeply influenced by the ancient Olympic Games. First of all, they followed the name of "Olympic Games", inherited the tradition of being held every four years, borrowed and developed some ceremonies (such as lighting the flame and torch relay), and absorbed and developed the traditional ideas of the ancient Olympic Games. However, there are essential differences between the ancient Olympic Games and the modern Olympic Games. The ancient Olympic Games only endowed the concepts of nationality, traditional primitive sports, exclusion between men and women, Zeus Festival, arbitration institution of slave owners and nobles, Olympic Truce, etc., while the modern Olympic Games endowed more international and modern sports methods and advocated the concepts of gender equality, sports celebration, complete and systematic modern organization and world peace. The modern Olympic Games is deeply influenced by the ancient Olympic Games, but it is no longer a competition to sacrifice gods, but a real international sports competition. The appearance of modern Olympic Games is an important milestone in the history of sports competition, which indicates that sports have entered a brand-new era. Olympic sports culture
The ancient Olympic Games was born because the ancient Greeks worshipped Zeus, the sun god. At the beginning of its birth, its religious and cultural significance was far greater than that of sports. In the development of modern Olympic movement, various cultural forms, including art, music, dance, architectural art, sculpture and literature, all play an extremely important role in the Olympic movement. The close relationship between the Olympic Movement and modern culture is not only conducive to the exchange and integration of cultures of various countries, but also has a noticeable influence on the development of the Olympic Movement and other cultural forms. Olympic culture is an advanced world culture with sports as the carrier, education as the core and western culture as the leading factor. Olympic culture is symbolic, pluralistic, ornamental and humanistic. Olympic culture is constantly blending, connotation and innovation. The connotation of Olympic culture is embodied in harmonious development, unity and friendship, fair competition, hard work, participation and glory for the country. The innovation of Olympic culture has greatly strengthened the exchange and integration of eastern and western cultures, vigorously developed multi-ethnic sports culture, constantly promoted the integration of sports and cultural education, and carried out in-depth research and construction of Olympic culture. There are three new concepts in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games: green Olympics, high-tech Olympics and people's Olympics, which constitute the three characteristics of the Beijing Olympic Games.
Olympic sports education
More than a hundred years ago, Coubertin, a French educator with great innovative spirit, advocated the Olympic movement with Olympism as the guide and education as the core. Today, more than one hundred years later, Coubertin's Olympic ideal has been carried forward under the new situation. Olympic education, which is deeply influenced by globalization, is gradually showing a diversified trend. We young people are the focus of Olympic education. This is just as Coubertin said in 1927 "Letter to Young Athletes from All Countries": "Olympism can build a school to cultivate noble sentiments and new soul, and also develop sports endurance and strength, but this can only be done under the conditions of strengthening physical exercise and constantly strengthening the concept of honor and the selfless spirit of athletes. The future belongs to your youth. " It can be said that he believes that the basic function of Olympism is education, and the main purpose of restoring the Olympic Games is to educate young people through sports activities. Beijing is not only the national political and cultural center that is striding towards an international metropolis, but also the host city of the 29th Olympic Games, which shoulders important responsibilities in Olympic education and advanced cultural construction. Humanistic Olympics is the soul and highlight of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. To implement the concept of humanistic Olympics, we must vigorously carry out Olympic education and pay full attention to the harmonious development of people. The number of students and cultural resources in Beijing are the highest in China. It is not only the focus of current work, but also the goal of long-term struggle to widely carry out Olympic education among young people in Beijing. Among them, colleges and universities are an important position to carry out Olympic education. Beijing has taken many measures in colleges and universities, such as establishing the Beijing University Students' Olympic Association, cultivating high-level student athletes, sending talents to serve the Olympic Movement, offering courses with Olympic characteristics, strengthening investment in sports software and hardware, injecting Olympic spirit into sports teaching, creating an Olympic atmosphere in campus culture, and carrying out sports cultural exchange and publicity activities in colleges and universities.
Olympic Movement and Women
1896 When the torch was lit for the first time in the Olympic Games, Mr. Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic Games, opposed the participation of women, thinking that the Olympic sports competition should be a male competition and women were rejected. However, at the insistence of some women, despite the high opposition, the second Olympic Games held in Paris in 1900 opened the door to women. At first, the opening of the door was symbolic, and only tennis and golf allowed female athletes to participate. Today, people still remember that a French woman named Alice Milia set up a women's sports association to fight against social prejudice and held the women's Olympic Games in 1922. This became a much-told story later circulated in the sports world. Over the past century, with the development of the women's movement and the increasing role of women in the political, economic, cultural and social fields, the status of women in the Olympic movement has also undergone tremendous changes. 1900 There are only two events open to women in the Olympic Games, namely, * * *; 1980 added to 12 category and 50 events. In the past 20 years, women's sports have developed very rapidly. By196 Atlanta Olympic Games, women participated in 2 1 event and 108 event, and the number of female athletes increased from 1 125 in 1980 to 3,626, accounting for the total number of athletes. In this year's Sydney Olympic Games, women's events and the number of participants will further increase, and weightlifting, modern pentathlon and other events will also be open to female athletes, and the number of female athletes will reach 3,947, accounting for 38% of the total number. In some sports, the popularity of female athletes is no less than that of male athletes, and their performance has reached a high level. For example, in the Atlanta Olympic Games, there were 349 female athletes, accounting for 45% of the total number of athletes in this event, which was the second largest event in which women participated besides track and field. Juan antonio samaranch, president of the International Olympic Committee, said at the opening ceremony of the World Congress on Women and Sports that the great achievements of women's sports do not mean that women are equal to men in the Olympic Games. In fact, the gap between men and women is still very large. For example, in various sports institutions, the number of women is very small, and even fewer people hold leadership positions. Samaranch hoped that governments of all countries would give support from policies and funds to further develop women's sports.
The economy of the Olympic movement
The greatest economic charm of the Olympic Games is that it will drive huge investment. In the torrent of capital flow triggered by this investment, whoever can seize the first-line business opportunities will usher in endless wealth. Olympic economy is a kind of attention economy to a great extent. The Olympic Games can produce so many wealth myths precisely because it has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of consumers. How many legendary wealth stories have been created by the Olympic Movement since 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games? Los Angeles, Seoul, Barcelona. . . These cities enjoy great international prestige because they once hosted the Olympic Games that brought passion to hundreds of millions of sports fans. Coca-Cola, Kodak film, Adidas, NBC. . . These giant multinational corporations, which symbolize power and wealth, also have a special relationship with Olympiaco. People like Uber Ross and Payne have become wealth heroes because of their excellent business operations at the Olympic Games. The success of Beijing's bid for the 2008 Olympic Games is a date between Beijing, China and Fortune, which will bring great changes to Beijing and China, and it is in this change that there are unlimited business opportunities and profit prospects. Although the huge business opportunities contained in the Olympic movement belong to everyone, not everyone can identify, grasp and control such opportunities. Because not everyone can deeply understand the economics of the Olympic movement. In a competition with time, opportunity and people, who can really win and become the Olympic champion? Finally, I ended my thesis with the international Olympic motto "Higher, Faster and Stronger". Thank you for your tireless education!