Olympics
The world’s biggest sporting event
olympicsCelebrate the Tokyo Games with 25 fun activities to help kids learn all about Olympic history, traditions, sports and athletes
Ancient Games sparked the Olympic tradition
olympicsPART 1: The modern Olympic Games have been around for 125 years, but you have to look back much further than that to understand how the Olympic tradition began
How modern Games became biggest show on earth
olympicsPART 2: What started as one man’s idea to encourage world peace is now the biggest sports event on the planet. Let’s take a look at the history of the modern Olympic Games as we gear up for Tokyo
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Friendship, respect and excellence drive the Games
PART 3: The founder of the modern Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin, believed sport could bring people together and help them excel. These values are still at the core of the Games today
Follow the fascinating trail of the Olympic torch through time
PART 4: The Olympic flame continues its journey as one of humanity’s most uniting and symbolic sparks in the modern era
Olympic medals go green in Tokyo
PART 5: The Tokyo Games are the first where the gold, silver and bronze medals are also green, having been made entirely from recycled metals
Meet mascots Miraitowa and Someity
PART 6: Two stars of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics won’t be going for gold but they do have superpowers! We look at Olympic mascots and emblems
Olympics host nation in profile – hello, Japan!
PART 7: One of the most exciting parts of any Olympics is discovering more about the host city and wider country – welcome to Tokyo, Japan!
Australia’s Olympic Games leave their mark
PART 8: We’ve been lucky enough to host two Olympic Games, with the 1956 Melbourne Games and the 2000 Sydney Games both playing an important role in Olympic history
Celebrating Australia’s Olympic heroes
PART 9: Australia has produced many Olympic heroes, from our first Olympian Edwin Flack to five times gold medallist Ian Thorpe
The sports set to light up Tokyo
PART 10: The Tokyo Games will feature 339 events across 33 sports – and a pictogram to go with each one
How the Paralympics became a world sporting spectacular
PART 11: What started as a way for injured World War II veterans to rehabilitate has grown into one of the world’s biggest sporting events. Learn more about the Paralympics
Cool facts about the Winter Olympics
PART 12: Australia’s Winter Olympics history might not have the same golden glow as our Summer Games’ record, but it has still provided some really cool highs