Olympic and Paralympic Values

Prepared by the students of the secondary comprehensive school “Mir

Znaniy”, Russia

Part 1

CITIUS, ALTIUS, FORTIUS

This motto is in Russian:

«БЫСТРЕЕ, ВЫШЕ, СИЛЬНЕЕ»

The history of

Russia success

in sport

A brief look at the history of the Olympic Games

• The Olympic Games are an international sports festival that began in ancient Greece.

• The took place every four year for several hundreds years but were brought to an end in the early Christian era.

• The were renewed in 1896.• During the World War I and World War II they

were not organized.

We understand that …

Ancient Olympics• The Games were a way of

saluting the ancient Greek gods

• They included the competitions in sports, music, oratory, theatre performances

Modern Olympics• The modern Games is a

manner of saluting the athletic talents of people of all nations

• The represent a number of sports

The noble idea of the Olympic movement:for two weeks and a half any international

conflicts must be stopped and replaced with friendly competitions

Russia was the host country of XXII Summer Olympic Games in 1980

The took place in Moscow

Look! What a variety of topics to speak at our English classes!

• The history of the Olympic Games in ancient times• The history of the modern Games• Russia in the Olympic Games• Winter and Summer Olympics• The latest Olympic Games• The role of the Olympics in modern life• Olympic Champions• Paralympic Champions

Meet the athletes who helped make the history in Russian sports

Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev(figure skating) I. Rodnina is -three times Olympic champion-ten times the world champion-eleven times Europe champion-six times Soviet Union champion

Evgeni Plushenko(figure skating) He is -Olympic champion (2006)-two times silver Olympic champion (2002, 2010)-three times world champion-seven times Europe champion- nine times Russia champion

Congratulations to you, Vladislav Tretyak, with your 60th anniversary!

He played -482 matches in the Soviet Union Championships-117 matches in world and Olympic championships