As we gear up for the Vancouver Winter Olympics on February 12, 2010 wouldn’t it be nice to have some history behind the beginnings of these champion events.
According to legend, the ancient Olympic Games were founded by Heracles (the Roman Hercules), a son of Zeus. Yet the first Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE. At this Olympic Games, a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), won the sole event at the Olympics, the stade – a run of approximately 192 meters (210 yards). This made Coroebus the very first Olympic champion in history.
For nearly 1200 years the Olympic Games grew until the Roman emperor Theodosius I, abolished the Olympics. Approximately 1500 years later, a young Frenchmen named Pierre de Coubertin began their revival. After examining German, British, and American children, Coubertin decided that training children and providing exercise, specifically in sports, would create well-rounded and vigorous adults. In 1890, he organized and founded a sports organization, Union des Sociétés Francaises de Sports Athlétiques (USFSA). Two years later, Coubertin first pitched his idea to revive the Olympic Games. At a meeting of the Union des Sports Athlétiques in Paris on November 25, 1892, Coubertin’s speech implored the revival of the Olympic Games; his speech did not inspire action.
Two years later, Coubertin organized another meeting with 79 delegates who represented nine countries. He gathered these delegates in an auditorium that was decorated by neoclassical murals and similar additional points of ambiance. At this meeting, Coubertin eloquently spoke of the revival of the Olympic Games. This time, Coubertin aroused interest.
The delegates at the conference voted unanimously for the Olympic Games. The delegates also decided to have Coubertin construct an international committee to organize the Games. This committee became the International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité Internationale Olympique) and Demetrious Vikelas from Greece was selected to be its first president. Athens was chosen as the location for the revival of the Olympic Games and the planning was begun.
So sit back and watch this spectacular, historical event unfold, 
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