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2 days ago · The host city for an Olympic Games had historically been chosen seven to eight years ahead of their celebration. Beginning with the 2024 and 2028 Olympics selection process in 2017, the IOC has proceeded to announce the winning bid with a longer lead-in time in order to provide time for the winning cities/regions to prepare.
2 days ago · Winning a bid to host the Olympic Games has been considered a major boon for any city, but not all agree. Proponents believe that hosting the Olympic Games can increase valuable tourism, boost local economies, and grow a host country's global trade and stature.
- The Olympic Games are an athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and were revived in the late 19th century. They are the world’s foremo...
- The first Olympic Games had achieved major importance in Greece by the end of the 6th century BCE. They began to lose popularity when Greece was co...
- The Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games are each held every four years. After 1992, when both a Summer and Winter Games were held, they h...
- The International Olympic Committee chooses the location of each Olympic Games. The choice is based on applications made by the chief authority of...
- In individual Olympic events the award for first place is a gold medal, for second place a silver medal, and for third place a bronze medal. Diplom...
5 days ago · Beijing will be the first city to host a summer and winter games after it won the right to hold the 2022 Winter Olympics. Sochi would need to build many facilities to hold the games, although some indoor arenas from the Winter Olympics could conceivably be re-purposed. Sochi was the first Russian city to consider a bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
2 days ago · Antwerp was the first city to host the World Gymnastics Championships, in 1903. During World War I , the city became the fallback point of the Belgian Army after the defeat at Liège . The Siege of Antwerp lasted for 11 days, but the city was taken after heavy fighting by the German Army, and the Belgians were forced to retreat westwards.
2 days ago · Condemned and abandoned: The Belgian ghost town which refuses to disappear. The village of Doel ‒ situated on the Scheldt River in Flanders ‒ was meant to be destroyed in favour of progress. That didn't happen. Antwerp’s economic boom in the 20th century saw its port in need of expansion.
5 days ago · In the 16th century, Antwerp was the hub and centre of the known world, and the city’s great rivals like Venice said so when they reported home. The world waited for every bit of news: the market in money or gold, the rumours of peace or better yet, scandal.
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4 days ago · A fanfare is sounded, the Olympic fire is extinguished, and, to the strains of the Olympic anthem, the Olympic flag is lowered and the Games are over. But the festivities do not end there. The 1956 Olympics in Melbourne introduced one of the most important and effective of all Olympic customs.
