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"Sport must be internationalised, new Olympic Games must be organised". This was the idea put forward for the first time on 25th November 1892 by Frenchman Baron de Coubertin, Pierre de Fredi, during the fifth anniversary of the “Union des sociétés françaises de sports athlétiques” Foundation. Nineteen months later, an international congress held in la Sorbonne...
At the end of the First World War, which had interrupted the four yearly Olympic Games, the seventh edition took place in Anvers in 1920.The Olympic flag was officially raised for the first time and the Olympic oath was introduced:
The goal of the Youth Olympic Games is to encourage youth worldwide to become involved in sports and to uphold the Olympic values. It was during its session in Guatemala in July 2007 that the IOC (International Olympic Committee) decided to create a new sports event to educate, mobilise and influence young athletes to play an active role in their communities.
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