1. « the Olympic games»
Zaraeva Aliya
Republic of Bashkortostan
Ufa

2. Sochi from February 7 to February 23, 2014 .
The 22nd Winter Olympic Games will be held in
Sochi from February 7 to February 23,
The 11th Paralympic Winter Games will be held from March 7 to March 16, 2014

3. Ancient Greece is considered the birthplace of the Olympic Games
Ancient Greece is considered the birthplace of the Olympic Games . Once upon a time, about 776 BC, in ancient Greece, in the valley of the river Alpheus, the city Olympia was found.

4. Once in four years people began to hold the Olympic Games
Once in four years people began to hold the Olympic Games. They were devoted to the Greek god Zeus. The god of thunder and lightning

5. Olympic Games of ancient Greece were the religious and sports festival, held in Olympia.

6. On the first day athletes came to the temple of the god Zeus
On the first day athletes came to the temple of the god Zeus. There they lit ray the sacred fire from the sunbeam and took an oath - to fight fair.

7. This fire burned all the days until the Olympic Games were held.

8. The winner of the Olympic Games remained a revered man for all his life.

9. After Christianity became the official religion, the Games came to be regarded as a manifestation of paganism, and in the year 394 BC. they were banned by Emperor Theodosius I.

10. Pierre de Coubertin was the man who revived the Olympics in 1896 (1863-1937)

11. Five rings are the symbol of the Olympic Games

12. Olympic mascots of 2014 - a polar bear, a leopard and a hare

13. Olympic Torch Relay 07.10.2013- 07.02.2014. -123 Days, more than 40 thousand km

14. The first Olympic Games in our country took place in Moscow in 1980 .

15. Rima Akberdinovna Ahatova -18 times Paralympic champion in the race from 100 to 5000 m

16. Oksana Savchenko 8 times Paralympic swimming champion

17. Irek Zaripov - 4 times Paralympic champion in skiing and biathlon

18. Maxim Chudov - bronze medalist of the Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010

19. Semen Yelistratov - member of the Olympic team of Russia in short-track, the European champion

20. What sport is it?
biathlon

21. toboggan

22. Figure
skating

23. Bobsled

24. Ski jumping

25. Curling

26. Skiing

27. Freestyle skiing

28. Snowboarding

29. Well done!
Let's wish good luck to our athletes!