The 2014 winter olympics are in sochi russia. the opening eremonieswason february 7, 2014. the closing ceremony will be on february 23. o overs nations and more than 2500 athletes will compete. the first olympic games was in 776 bc in olympia greece it had only one event, a sprint(a sho run that was called th"stade"). only yang men could compete and women couldn't they had to be free men, and speak greek. the prize was crown of olive leaves. pierre de frédy baron de coubertin(1863-1937(a frenc 1896. in athens educator and olympic ames back in sportsman) brought the france. greece. the first winter olympics were in 1924, in chamonix. the flag of the olympic games has five rings blue. yellow, black. and red) white ground. the green, on a rings are for the five ofthe world: africa, two parts americas asia, australia and europe baron de 1913- coubertin designed the flag of the olympics in 1914. the tradition of the olympic name began on the ancient olympic games. 2700 years ago in greece for each olympics, a new el flame is started in the ancient olympic stadium in olympia, will the country where the games greece. they took the flame to olympic tor be. the last runner uses a torch to light the large which burns throughout the games.
