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The Olympic Games, which feature summer and winter sports competitions, are held every four years and attract thousands of athletes from all over the world.
Every year on June 23, International Olympic Day (or World Olympic Day) is observed around the world to highlight the importance of sports and games in our lives. In 1947, Doctor Gruss, a Czech member of the International Olympic Committee, proposed the notion of a World Olympic Day. The day was commemorated a year later as the beginning of the modern Olympic Games.
The basic aim of the day is to encourage the participation of everyone, regardless of caste creed or gender, to participate in physical exercise and sports. In a way, the day is dedicated to the countless sportsmen and athletes from around the world who have made a name for themselves. Many of them have done their country proud by representing their nation in the sport they excel in and people look up to them and idolize them.
Theme of International Olympic Day 2022
The theme this year is ‘Together, For a Peaceful World’, which will be accompanied by the social media hashtags #MoveForPeace and #OlympicDay. The World Olympic Day 2022 will focus on the power that sport has to build a better world, by bringing people together in peace.
Apart from Olympic Day runs, the IOC also invites NOCs to create their own Olympic Day activities. NOCs on all continents continue to find new and exciting ways for athletes and Olympians to come together and discover new sports.
