Olympic Day!
“23 June marks Olympic Day - an important day in the history of the modern Olympic Games. On 23 June 1894, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a French pedagogue who was convinced of sport’s moral and educational value, began the task of reviving the Olympic Games. He set up a committee in charge of organising the first Games and created an international Olympic Movement. Hence the first Games of the modern era were staged in Athens in 1896 and the International Olympic Committee was officially created. Back then nobody could have imagined how big the Olympic Movement would become.”
Summer Solstice just passed and here we are celebrating a day no less “Olympic” of all days — it’s actually Olympic Day!
There will be set activities all around the globe in celebration of it. For example, Canada, with their “greatest Olympic moment” and Beijing’s fun run. However, by tradition, it’s all about the Olympic Day Run, which has been around for the last 20 years.
So, how will you spend this day? :)
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