The olympic philosophy in the olympic leitmotiv
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Olympic Movement, philosophy, sport.Abstract
The official Olympic leitmotiv that "Citius, Fortius, Altius" devised by Didon in 1891 and accepted as official leitmotiv in 1894 refers to a moral progressive improvement not only in the simplicity of improving records. Perhaps the current Olympics are far away from Coubertin´s philosophy: the meeting of cultures, races, religions under one credo: Sport, which was the catalyst that helped humans to improve, as the slogan said, in all of vital fields. Actually, Olympic Games are the greatest sport event in the world (in terms of meeting athletes from different disciplines, spectators, television rights, etc.), and perhaps we could have the idea that the Olympic ideals are increasingly decadent. We can think that "Citius, Fortius, Altius" leitmotiv is outdated and obsolete. Nothing could be further from reality, the Olympic leitmotiv, one of the symbols of modern Olympism, is still very present. And especially since the 1988 Seoul Games, where the Olympic leitmotiv was regenerated and incorporated for the Organizing Committee. And since then, in each edition of the Games the leitmotiv is reinvented. Since then, each Organizing Committee has wanted to join a new slogan celebrating their "Games". In the present article, we make a brief analysis of the slogans or "leitmotivs" of the Games since the Seoul Games, 1988 to present.
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