The spirit of sports

By 2024-07-24T10:57:00

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Prayer and reflection

Baron Pierre de Coubertin, visionary and founder of the modern Olympics, would surely be thrilled that Paris, his birthplace, is hosting the 2024 Olympics. The emblem of five coloured rings represents the world’s five inhabited continents and symbolises global unity. The Olympic motto reads in Latin “Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter” and translates as “Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together” – a timeless sentiment that is more relevant now than ever.

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