Focus on the Olympics: Zero-distance contact with the Olympics

Author: Zhao Changjie
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Tracing the origins of Olympic sports, recreating the 108-year history of the modern Olympics, and providing detailed introductions to the rules of 28 Olympic disciplines and 301 events, this is an informative handbook for sports enthusiasts to understand and appreciate various sports, especially Olympic sports. Olympic Spirit: Faster, Higher, Stronger! Olympic Slogan: Unity, Friendship, Progress!
Although people are full of enthusiasm for bidding for the Olympics and are filled with anticipation for hosting the Olympics, their understanding and recognition of the Olympics itself do not reach the expected level. Especially since 2003, many international associations have revised and updated the rules of their sports to facilitate international television broadcasting of the Olympics. This book presents the spirit of the Olympics in a vivid and lively form, with a systematic and comprehensive content system. The main contents include: the origins of each Olympic sport, the rules of each Olympic sport, introductions to Olympic champions, Olympic stories, the Athens Olympics, etc. Each section is accompanied by exciting images, allowing readers to grasp the pulse of the Olympics in a relaxed reading atmosphere, appreciate the grand epic scenes of the Olympics, and experience the vivid charm of Olympic figures, thereby making full knowledge preparation for the arrival of the 2008 Beijing Olympics!
This book is divided into six parts, including the origins of Olympic sports, introductions to Olympic champions, Olympic stories, and the rules of Olympic sports, systematically and comprehensively presenting the spirit of the Olympics.