Unyaka wonke kwihlabathi lonke i-International Olympic Day ibhiyozelwa ngokuhlonipha ukuveliswa kwakhona kobuqhankqalazo kwifom yalo yangoku. Inombolo yombhiyozo yaqalwa ngo-1968 eSt. Moritz (eSwitzerland) kwintlanganiso yeKomiti ye-Olympic ye-Interethnic.
Isisombululo sokubhiyozelwa kweSuku lwee-Olimpiki zamazwe ngamazwe samkelwe ngenjongo yokukhuthaza imidlalo emhlabeni jikelele. Sisiphi isiganeko esihambelana nomhla, ngowona suku olusemthethweni lwaseOlimpiki
NgoJuni 1894, inkomfa yaqhutyelwa eParis malunga neengxaki zokuphuhliswa kwezemidlalo, apho iindawo ezilishumi elinambini zithatha inxaxheba. Ngomhla wama-23 umqhubi waseFransi uPerre de Coubertin wenza ingxelo kwingxelo. Ummantshi wabonelela kuluntu isicwangciso awayeyilungiselele ukuqala kwintlangano yeOlimpiki kwaye wacetyiswa ukuqaliswa kwemincintiswano yamandulo yamaGrisi, kangangokuthi yonke iminyaka emine uya kubamba usuku lwezemidlalo ngesimemo sokuba athathe inxaxheba kuyo nayiphi na izwe. Kwakhona wachaza ukudala ikomiti yamazwe ngamazwe eya kubeka iliso umbutho ukhuphiswano.
I-Congress yakhuthaza isiphakamiso somfrentshi waseFransi, waya kwi-IOC kwaye sele sele ikhona ngo-1896 kwintsimi yemidlalo yeGrisi yenze iMidlalo ye-Olimpiki. Ngeli xesha, 30 (1896-2012) ii-Olympiads zahlelwa kwaye kathathu (1916, 1940, 1944), zazingenakwenzeka ngenxa yeengxabano zempi.
Yingakho iSuku le-Olimpiki yamazwe ngamazwe ligujwa ngoJuni 23 ngokukhunjulwa kwengxelo ekhohlakeleyo yokhuphiswano. Lo mhla wawungapheliyo ngo-1948 kwintlanganiso ye-IOC. Ukususela ngoko, lo mhla ugujwa kuwo onke amazwe ehlabathini.
NgoJuni, xa kugubhiyozelwa usuku lweOlimpiki yamazwe ngamazwe, ukuze kugxininiswe kwimidlalo, iintlanga ezininzi zilungelelaniswe kwimimandla eyahlukeneyo, apho abantu abaninzi bathatha inxaxheba, kukhuphiswano lwezemidlalo. Okudumeleyo yimidyarho yamarathon yeekhilomitha ezilishumi ukusuka kude. Ziququzelelwe yiikomiti ze-olimpiki zwelonke kwilizwe ngalinye. Inani leekomiti ze-Olimpiki eziququzelele iikhilomitha ezili-kilometra ze-marathons ziye zanda ukuya ku-200. Iinjongo zabo eziphambili kukusasazwa kweempawu zeOlimpiki kunye neengcamango, inkohliso yokunyakaza kunye nemidlalo ngokubanzi, ukubandakanyeka kwabemi kwimfundo yempilo kunye nendlela yokuphila enempilo.
Iimidlalo zeOlimpiki - iholidi yezemidlalo
Ngomnyaka we-1913, kwinqanaba likaCoubertin, intlangano yeOlimpiki yafumana isimboli sayo kunye neflegi. Iimvumba ezihlanu ezibophekileyo zemibala eyahlukileyo: eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, omnyama, obomvu (kumgca ophezulu) kunye nokuluhlaza nokuluhlaza (kumgca ophantsi). Zichaza ezi ezintlanu zidibeneyo kwimisebenzi yeli lizwekazi. Ifulegi yeMidlalo yingubo emhlophe kunye namacenge eOlimpiki.
Kwiminyaka engaphezulu kwekhulu lembali yeMidlalo, umcimbi othize wombala wabanjwa. Ilangabi le-Olimpiki likhanyisa kwi-Olympic yaseGrisi kwaye iziswa yi-torch relay yabathathi-nxaxheba ukuya kwindawo yokukhuphisana. Umemezeli wamandla owaziwayo
Namhlanje, iMidlalo yeOlimpiki kunye nabaphumeleleyo baye baba liqhayiya kweliphi na ilizwe. Bonke abadlali abadumileyo bayakholelwa ukuba umsebenzi wabo awunelisekanga ngaphandle komdanso we-Olimpiki. Umqhubi wezemidlalo ubizwa ukuba ukhulise isizukulwana esincinane kwindlela yokuphila enempilo, ukuqonda jikelele. Iimidlalo zeOlimpiki zinegalelo ekuphumezeni ubomi obungenanto-mfazwe emhlabeni, ziye zaba yeholide enkulu yezemidlalo ngexesha lethu.