Olympics: A look at its history and sports

 I'm sure most of you play a sport. Some play cricket. Some play basketball. Others throw Javelins. No matter what culture or country sports connect us all. And you know which competition showcases in almost all sports. Well, it is the Olympics.

Since 1896, the Olympics has been a competition in which people have been flying from all over the world to play. It started in Athens, but the Olympics has been to innumerable places from Seoul to LA. In 1924, the first Winter Olympics took place in Chamonix, France and since then has seen many places like Japan, Italy etc. The Summer has multiple sports like Fencing, volleyball, cycling etc. The highlight of the Olympics is Athletics and Swimming. The winter Olympics are mainly Skiing( Alpine, cross country etc), skating and there are team sports too.

The Olympics used to take place every 4 years( except during world wars), but now Summer and Winter Olympics alternate every 2 years. The last Summer Olympics in Tokyo was however delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19. The next Summer Olympics will take place in Paris. The last Winter Olympics took place in Beijing and will next take place in Italy.

Every Summer Olympics adds new sports. Tokyo 21 added BMX racing and freestyle, rock climbing, Madison cycling, Karate and Skateboarding. Paris24 will add Break dancing and LA28 will add, you guessed it Cricket.

In the end, Olympics is about getting people together. If one thing can make world peace, it is the Olympics.