Olympic Day is June 23rd.

The origin of Olympic day

Starting from 1894, the IOC designated June 23rd as the International Olympic Day.

1894 On June 23rd, the International Olympic Committee was formally established in Paris. To commemorate this historic event, it was approved by the International Olympic Committee, and this day is called "Olympic Day" or Sports Day. Starting from 1948, the International Olympic Committee has designated June 23rd every year as the International Olympic Day. The first Olympic Day was on June 23rd of that year, with the participation of Portugal, Greece, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Britain, Uruguay, Venezuela and Belgium. After that, every year from June 17 to 24, various national or regional Olympic committees will organize various celebrations. At present, the number of countries and regions participating in this activity has increased from the initial nine to more than 100. The participants are very enthusiastic and express people's admiration for the Olympic spirit! With the approval of the International Olympic Committee, this day is called "Olympic Day" or "Sports Day".

The modern Olympic Games, regardless of race, skin color, religious belief, ideology, language and culture, is characterized by the internationality of people all over the world gathering under the five-ring flag, taking unity, peace and friendship as its purpose and fair competition.

Olympic spirit

The Olympic Charter points out that the Olympic spirit is the spirit of mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair competition. The Olympic spirit plays a very important guiding role in the Olympic movement.

The purpose of Olympic Day

According to the Olympic Charter, lead the Olympic movement to develop healthily all over the world; Encourage the organization and development of sports and sports competitions; Ensure the normal holding of the Olympic Games; Encourage young people to participate in sports activities and receive education from them, thus contributing to building a peaceful and better world. The slogan of the Olympic Games is "Faster, Higher and Stronger".

The founding significance of Olympic Day

Growing global events

In the past 20 years, the "Olympic Day Run" held around the world has become an important activity of the International Olympic Day. On the first anniversary of 1987, only 45 NOCs participated in the activity. At present, nearly 200 national and regional Olympic committees have participated in this activity, and many African national and regional Olympic committees have also participated in this activity, which fully proves the global appeal of this activity.

The success of the Olympic Day long-distance running benefited from the strong support of McDonald's, which became the global partner of this event in 2003.

Improve, learn and discover

Now, Olympic Day is no longer a simple sports activity. Around the three major plans of "improvement", "learning" and "discovery", Olympic committees around the world actively carry out various sports and cultural education activities. Some countries even incorporate this activity into school curricula, and many national Olympic committees also introduce concerts and exhibitions into anniversary celebrations. The recent activities organized by Olympic committees in various countries include: meeting and communicating between teenagers and top athletes, establishing new websites, and guiding residents to participate in community activities.

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is the world's largest comprehensive sports event sponsored by the International Olympic Committee. It is held once every four years for no more than 16 days and is the most influential sports event in the world.

All kinds of legends about the origin of the Olympic Games inevitably mention myths. Some people think that Zeus defeated his father, Cronus, at the Olympic Mountain and gained the sovereignty of the gods and mankind. In the eyes of others, it was Heracles who set the precedent to celebrate his victory over the local king Ogias, who refused to pay the former what he deserved, even a little money for cleaning the stables. Others believe that the founder of the Olympic Games is Ropes, an Ionian prince from Phocaea. It is said that the Greek king Onomamus will betroth his daughter Hippodamia to the man who defeated him in the chariot race. Poerxiusi is determined to win the race. Although Poseidon gave him a team of magical horses, he still felt that the chance was slim. So he bribed Mearti Luce, the technician in charge of the chariot, to let the other side secretly remove the key parts of the chariot where Onimos was riding and replace them with paraffin products. As the wheels turned faster and faster, under the action of friction, these paraffin parts melted slowly, and then the whole chariot collapsed, and Ernest died painfully. However, Ropes didn't fulfill his promise (let Hippodamia sleep with Mearti Ross), but pushed him off the cliff cruelly. However, the ghost of Miltiros haunts the pearl strings day and night, and the only way to get rid of them is to hold a funeral competition-this is the origin of the first sports meeting.