The Olympic Games are, of course, the largestsports event, which is an international competition in various sports, held every four years. The next Olympics will be held in 2016 in Rio - in the most "football" city of Brazil, where, by the way, this year will host the World Cup. Today, the place where the 2020 Olympics will be held is also determined. The host country will be Japan.
Olympic Games: a short digression into the history
Olympic Games originated in Ancient Greecesomewhere around the 8th century BC. They were part of a religious cult dedicated to the Greek gods, according to the legend inhabiting the sacred mountain for the Greeks Olympus (hence the name of these sports competitions). The Olympic Games of the ancient Greek period number about 293 games (from 776 BC to 394 AD). Of course, in those distant times they included only a few sports, but nevertheless were a large-scale sports event for this period.
Modern Olympic Games
The second life of the Olympic Games was in 1896year, when the French public figure proposed to revive the tradition of the sports held in the ancient world. It was then decided that these games will be held every four years. Since 1924, the Winter Olympic Games have also been introduced. To organize this grand event in Paris, the Olympic Charter and the IOC were created. This organization for many years ahead determines where the Olympics will be held. 2020, for example, will invite all sports fans to summer games in Tokyo.
Summer Olympics 2020
The games of 2016 in Brazil have not been held yet, and all have alreadysay about the Olympics in Tokyo, the capital of the Land of the Rising Sun. They are thirty-two in the account. Before determining where the Olympics 2020 will be held, before the end of the summer of 2011 many European, Asian and American countries have submitted applications that they are ready to become a host. After that, the International Olympic Committee had to do a great job, namely, to analyze the opportunities, conditions and resources of a country and identify the main candidates for the thirty-second Olympic Games. They were the capital of Spain - Madrid, the capital of Japan - Tokyo, the Turkish port city of Istanbul, the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku and the capital of Qatar - the city of Doha. The last two dropped out of the list of main candidates on May 24, 2013.
Is Tokyo ready to host the 2020 Olympics?
The Capital of the Land of the Rising Sun is one of the mostdeveloped cities of the world. There is a highly developed infrastructure, including in terms of sports facilities, and all this was probably taken into account by the Olympic charter during the decision on the capital of the future Olympic Games.
Tokyo - the capital of the future Olympics
Since 2013, Japan is preparing for the most importantsports event. After it was decided that the 2020 Olympics will be held in the capital of their country, the construction of several new sports facilities was started. However, what is already available in the country is more than enough to hold games of this magnitude.