The Olympic Games are an international sports ____, held every four years in a different place, in which athletes from different countries compete against each other in various sports.The first ancient Olympic Games were held in Olympia, Greece in 776 BC, in honour of the Greek ____ Zeus.Women were not allowed to ____ in the ancient Olympic Game or to watch them.The gold, silver and bronze ____ are given for the highest athletic achievements at the Olympic Games. The five interlocking ____ on the Olympic flag, which are blue, black, red, yellow and green, represent the five continents, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas, and symbolize friendship. The Olympic creed is: "The important thing in the Olympic Games is not to ____ but to take part." The first ____ Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896, and were started by the French educator Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The marathon is run in memory of Pheidippides, a Greek ____ who ran 40 km from Marathon to Athens to tell the news about the Greeks' success in the battle with the Persians, and then fell to the ground dead. The ____ of the Olympic Games is "Citius, altius, fortius", a Latin phrase which means "Faster, higher, stronger". The prize for winning an event in the ancient Olympic Games was a ____ of olive branches. One of the most important symbols of the Olympic Games is the Olympic ____ which is lit at the beginning of the Olympic Games and is kept burning until the closing ceremony. The Olympic Games promote world ____ and the ideals of sportsmanship and fair play.

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