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83-631: White City Place is the name given to the collection of buildings formerly known as BBC Media Village (more commonly simply as White City or W12 within the BBC). White City Place is a collection of six buildings occupying a 17-acre site off Wood Lane , White City in West London , bordered by South Africa Road, Dorando Close and the A40 Westway. The site is a short distance along Wood Lane from BBC Television Centre . All formerly properties of

166-812: A 440-yard running track was installed for the Amateur Athletic Association Championships, held there from 1932 to 1970. It also hosted the match between Uruguay and France during the 1966 FIFA World Cup . In 1934, the American rodeo promoter Tex Austin staged the World's Championship Rodeo at White City Stadium. Champion cowboys and cowgirls from Canada and the United States participated, including Pete Knight , Weldon Bascom, Clark Lund, Ted Elder, and Vera McGinnis . The world's most famous rodeo bucking horse, Midnight ,

249-788: A drastic change for the 2004 Summer Olympics , when Cassioli's design was replaced by a more modern design connected to Greece. The obverse side was changed to make more explicit references to the Greek goddess and traditions. In this design, the goddess Niké flies into the grounds of the Panathenaic Stadium , symbolizing the renewal of the Games. The new design was created by Greek jewelry designer Elena Votsi . Olympic diplomas are given to competitors placing fourth, fifth, and sixth since 1949, and to competitors placing seventh and eighth since 1981. The " Olympic Hymn ", officially known as

332-518: A framework of international intellectual property protection of the licensure of all Olympic Symbols. In recent years, organizing committees have also demanded the passing of laws to combat ambush marketing by non-official sponsors during the Games – such as the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 – putting heavy restrictions on using any term or imagery that could constitute an unauthorized association with

415-538: A paintbrush in the form of a torch as its logo, and the former Greek passenger carrier Olympic Airlines . Certain other sporting organizations and events have been granted permission by the IOC to use the word "Olympics" in their name, such as the Special Olympics , an international sporting event held every four years for people with intellectual disabilities. The IOC maintains exclusive ownership and control of

498-461: A plaque thanking him for donating it. The flag returned to Antwerp in 2004 and since 2013, the year that Antwerp bore the title of European Sports Capital, the flag could be admired in the entrance hall of Antwerp's city hall. In 2017, however, the flag was stored in the collection of the MAS due to the renovation of the town hall. While the flag is recognized by the IOC, critics and historians note that

581-671: A plaque unveiled by IOC president Jacques Rogge in 2005. A further planned building, the Music Box, designed by Foreign Office Architects was originally scheduled for opening in 2006, but was cancelled in 2008 before construction began. It would have been a concert hall and recording venue for the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus , the BBC Concert Orchestra and the BBC Singers . In 2004, it

664-664: A replacement, the IOC officially still calls this the "Antwerp Flag" instead of the "Paris Flag". It was passed on to the next organizing city of the Summer Olympics until the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway , when a separate Olympic flag was created to be used only at the Winter Olympics (see below) . The 1924 flag then continued to be used at the Summer Olympics until the Games of Seoul 1988 when it

747-588: A torchbearers' ceremony in the stadium at Delphi , the site of the famous oracle, where the Pythian Games were also held. For this reason, he ordered the construction of a milestone with the Olympic rings carved in the sides, and that a torchbearer should carry the flame along with an escort of three others from there to Berlin. The ceremony was celebrated but the stone was never removed. Later, two American authors, Lynn and Gray Poole , when visiting Delphi in

830-401: A white field. These together are known as the "Olympic rings." The symbol was originally created in 1913 by Coubertin. He appears to have intended the rings to represent the five inhabited continents: Africa , America , Asia , Europe , and Oceania . According to Coubertin, the colours of the rings, along with the white background, represented the colours of every competing country's flag at

913-512: A winner's crown in her right, and the Colosseum in Rome in the background. The original design, created by Giuseppe Cassioli , was used from the 1928 Summer Olympics to the 2000 Summer Olympics . For each Summer Olympics afterward, the reverse side, as well as the labels for each Olympiad, were changed to reflect scenic images or locations from the host city. The design of the medals underwent

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996-503: A wreath made of wild olive instead of gold. The victorious athletes were honored, feted, and praised. Their deeds were heralded and chronicled so that future generations could appreciate their accomplishments. Herodotus describes the following story which is relevant to the olive wreath. Xerxes was interrogating some Arcadians after the Battle of Thermopylae . He inquired why there were so few Greek men defending Thermopylae. The answer

1079-501: Is an olive branch, originally of wild olive-tree, intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe, introduced by Heracles . In the ancient Olympic Games there were no gold , silver, or bronze medals. There was only one winner per event, crowned with an olive wreath made of wild olive leaves from a sacred tree near the temple of Zeus at Olympia. Aristophanes in Plutus makes a sensible remark as to why victorious athletes are crowned with

1162-545: The 2001 BBC bombing . The bomb went off on Wood Lane, in front of the Television Centre news building. In October 2007, BBC announced plans to sell Television Centre as part of a cost-cutting programme. In June 2008, English Heritage announced its recommendation to list parts of Television Centre as a grade II listed building. In July 2012, BBC sold Television Centre to a partnership consisting of Stanhope plc , Mitsui Fudosan and AIMCo for £200 million. It

1245-511: The BBC , only two buildings – Broadcast Centre and the Lighthouse – are currently occupied by BBC staff. The BBC sold the majority of buildings on the site in 2015 and it was renamed White City Place by new owners Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan . The first building on the site, BBC White City , was designed by architects Scott Brownrigg & Turner and was opened in 1990. Built on the site of

1328-987: The Imperial International Exhibition and in 1910, the Japan–British Exhibition . The final two exhibitions to be held there were the Latin-British Exhibition (1912) and the Anglo-American Exposition (1914), which was brought to a premature end by the outbreak of the First World War. During this period it was known as the Great White City because of the white marble cladding used on the exhibition pavilions, and hence gave its name to this part of Shepherd's Bush . Apartments blocks for lower income residents were constructed in

1411-747: The Nazi salute . It was used by the French team in the opening ceremony of the 1948 Winter Olympics . Since the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , France, the Olympic Games have had a mascot , usually an animal native to the area or occasionally human figures representing the cultural heritage. The first major mascot in the Olympic Games was Misha in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Misha

1494-633: The North Pole for Sochi 2014 . On the final day of the torch relay, the day of the Opening Ceremony , the Flame reaches the main stadium and is used to light a cauldron situated in a prominent part of the venue to signify the beginning of the Games. The Olympic medals awarded to winners are another symbol associated with the Olympic Games. The medals are made of gold-plated silver (for the gold medals ), silver, or bronze , and are awarded to

1577-515: The Olympic Games . These symbols include those commonly used during Olympic competitions such as the flame, fanfare, and theme and those used throughout the years, such as the Olympic flag . The Olympic flag was created in 1913 under the guidance of Baron de Coubertin of France. It was first hoisted in Alexandria , Egypt , at the 1914 Pan-Egyptian Games. The five rings on the flag represent

1660-573: The Peel P50 ), Watchdog and many others. The BBC vacated the building in March 2013 and sold it to developers. It has sometimes been referred to as White City One to distinguish it from the wider site. Architectural critic Jonathan Glancey wrote in The Guardian in 2002 that by comparison to the "handsome, if timeworn ships of the line" such as Broadcasting House and Bush House , White City

1743-483: The "Olympic Anthem", is played when the Olympic flag is raised. It was composed by Spyridon Samaras with words from a poem of the Greek poet and writer Kostis Palamas . Both the poet and the composer were the choice of Demetrius Vikelas , a Greek Pro-European , and the first President of the IOC. The anthem was performed for the first time for the ceremony of opening of the 1896 Athens Olympic Games but wasn't declared

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1826-434: The 1908 Franco-British Exhibition , White City was constructed on the location of the former White City Stadium (The Great Stadium) used for the 1908 Summer Olympics . The stadium was demolished in 1985 and parts of the Olympic swimming pool were also discovered when the foundations of the new building were laid. The building was originally intended to be a new home for BBC Radio , replacing Broadcasting House . This plan

1909-463: The 1930s. White City Stadium , in the northern section of the district, also known as the Great Stadium and seating 66,000, was officially opened by King Edward VII on 27 April 1908 for the 1908 Summer Olympics . The starting point of the marathon race at the 1908 Summer Olympics was at Windsor Castle creating a distance of 42.195 km (26.219 mi) or 26 miles 385 yards to

1992-649: The Antwerp Olympics, spurred on by teammate Duke Kahanamoku , he climbed a flagpole and stole the Olympic flag. For 77 years the flag was stored away in the bottom of his suitcase. The flag was returned to the IOC by Prieste, by then 103 years old, in a special ceremony held at the 2000 Games in Sydney. The original Antwerp Flag has been on display at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne , Switzerland , with

2075-860: The Berlin Games in 1936. Months before the Games are held, the Olympic flame is lit on a torch, with the rays of the Sun concentrated by a parabolic reflector , at the site of the Ancient Olympics in Olympia , Greece. The torch is then taken out of Greece, most often to be taken around the country or continent where the Games are held. The Olympic torch is carried by athletes, leaders, celebrities, and ordinary people alike, and at times in unusual conditions, such as being electronically transmitted via satellite for Montreal 1976 , submerged underwater without being extinguished for Sydney 2000 , or in space and at

2158-580: The Congress it can continue to be raised on solemn Olympic occasions. There are specific Olympic flags that are displayed by cities that will be hosting the next Olympic games. During each Olympic closing ceremony in what is traditionally known as the Antwerp or Oslo Ceremony, the flag is passed from the mayor of one host city to the next host, where it will then be taken to the new host and displayed at city hall. These special flags should not be confused with

2241-496: The Nairobi Treaty became obligated under the treaty to protect Olympic Symbols against use for commercial purposes without authorization of the IOC. Under the Nairobi Treaty, if the IOC authorizes use of an Olympic Symbol in a country that is a party to the treaty, then that country's National Olympic Committee is entitled to a portion of any revenue generated from the IOC's authorization of use. The Nairobi Treaty provides for

2324-586: The Olympic creed: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well." Coubertin got this text from a sermon by the Bishop of Central Pennsylvania , Ethelbert Talbot , during the 1908 London Games. In 2021, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), approved

2407-577: The Opening Ceremony of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium , the Olympic flag with the five rings signifying the universality of the Olympic Games was raised for the first time at an Olympic Games. At the end of the Games, the flag could not be found and a new Olympic flag had to be made for the handover ceremony to the officials of the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Despite it being

2490-704: The Redneck Olympics or Redneck Games ; Awana Clubs International , a Christian youth ministry who used the term for its competitive games; Wizards of the Coast , publisher at the time of the IOC's complaint of the card game Legend of the Five Rings ; and Philippine sporting good chain Olympic Village. In 1938, the Norwegian brewery Frydenlund patented a label for its root beer which featured

2573-522: The actual Oslo flag is kept preserved in a special box, and in its last appearances (Torino 2006 to Sochi 2014), replicas had been used instead. As a successor to the Antwerp Flag, the Seoul flag was presented to the IOC at the 1988 Summer Olympics by the city of Seoul , South Korea, and was passed on to the next organizing cities of the Summer Olympics between 1988 and 2012. Its last appearance

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2656-576: The addition of the word "together", after an en dash , to the motto; it now reads "Citius, Altius, Fortius – Communiter," Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together" (or, in French, "Plus vite, Plus haut, Plus fort – Ensemble"). According to some Italian Latinists, such as professor Mario De Nonno and professor Giorgio Piras, the concept of acting together is not properly conveyed by 'communis' nor 'communiter,' and De Nonno suggests an adverb such as 'Una' meaning 'as one'. There are five interlocking rings, coloured blue, yellow, black, green, and red on

2739-461: The building is now leased to ITV following the closure of The London Studios . Red Bee Media broadcasts BBC One , BBC Two , BBC News , Channel 4 , Channel 5 , BT Sport from Broadcast Centre. The Energy Centre provides services to the entire site, and between 2008 and 2018 was the offices for the Top Gear television production team and the Top Gear magazine team. They moved into

2822-527: The centre close to the sites of closed former London Underground stations: Imperial College London purchased the BBC Woodlands site for 28 million pounds in 2009 and demolished it the following year. Sections of this second major campus started opening in most notably an "innovation hub" for the college, including research facilities and commercialisation space, as well as postgraduate accommodation. The chemistry department moved much of its research to

2905-469: The city of Pyeongchang , South Korea, and has since then been passed to the next organizing city of the Winter Olympics . For the inaugural Youth Olympic Games , an Olympic flag was created for the junior version of the Games. The flag is similar to the Olympic flag, but has the host city and year on it and was first presented to Singapore by IOC President Jacques Rogge . During the closing ceremony on 26 August 2010, Singapore officials presented it to

2988-459: The emoji sequence. Pierre de Coubertin created the Olympic flag in 1913. The emblem selected to illustrate and represent the 1914 World Congress which was to place the final seal on the restoration of the Olympics began to appear on various preliminary documents: five rings linked at regular intervals, their various colors – blue, yellow, black, green and red – standing out against the white of

3071-484: The exhibitions. The estate is served by an Anglican church, St Michael and St George (1955) on Commonwealth Avenue. On 30 October 2008, Westfield London opened. In July 2015, terrorists tried to blow up the Westfield London but they were stopped by police. They wanted the bombing to be around the same day as the 10th anniversary of the 7 July 2005 London bombings . Two stations were built to serve

3154-409: The finishing line at White City stadium. In 1921, this was adopted as the standard distance for marathon races; previously the distance varied slightly. After the Olympics, the stadium continued to be used for athletics until 1914, and, in 1927, it was turned into a greyhound racing track, although it was also used for short periods by Queens Park Rangers football club, and for other sports. In 1931,

3237-569: The five Olympic rings. In 1952, when Norway was to host the Winter Olympics, the Olympic Committee was notified by Norway's Patent Office that it was Frydenlund who owned the rights to the rings in that country. Today, the successor company Ringnes AS owns the rights to use the patented five rings on its root beer. In addition, a few other companies have been successful in using the Olympic name, such as Olympic Paint, which has

3320-449: The games, including mere mentioning of the host city, the year, and others. Bob Barney co-authored the book Selling the Five Rings (2002), with Stephen Wenn and Scott Martyn, which discussed the history of corporate sponsorships and television rights for the Olympic Games. Barney argued that the Olympic torch had been commercialized since its inception in 1936, and that sponsors of the torch relay benefit from brand awareness; whereas

3403-413: The headquarters of L'Oréal . Under new owners Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan, the site has been renamed White City Place and an extensive refurbishment and refitting of the vacated properties on the site has taken place. The former Media Centre was renamed to The MediaWorks and a significant renovation of White City One, renamed to The WestWorks, changed its main entrance and introduced a row of shops facing

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3486-488: The home stadium of Queens Park Rangers F.C. The district got its name from the white marble cladding used on buildings during several exhibitions when the area was first developed, between 1908 and 1914. The area now called White City was level arable farmland until 1908, when it was used as the site of the Franco-British Exhibition and the 1908 Summer Olympics . In 1909 the exhibition site hosted

3569-544: The human being. The 1914 Congress was suspended due to the outbreak of World War I , but the symbol and flag were later adopted. They officially debuted at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium . The symbol's popularity and widespread use began during the lead-up to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Carl Diem , president of the Organizing Committee of the 1936 Summer Olympics, wanted to hold

3652-456: The inhabited continents of the world (the Americas were considered as one continent and Europe was treated as distinct from Asia ). It was made to contain the colours (blue, black, red, yellow, and green) which are common to almost all flags around the world. The original Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius which is Latin for "Faster, Higher, Stronger". The motto

3735-400: The larger Olympic flags manufactured specifically for each game, which are flown over the stadium during all the duration of the Games and then retired. Because there is no specific flag for this purpose, the flags flown over the stadiums generally have subtle differences, including minor colour variations, and, more noticeably, the presence (or lack) of white outlines around each ring. During

3818-646: The late 1950s, saw the stone and reported in their History of the Ancient Games that the Olympic rings design came from ancient Greece. This has become known as "Carl Diem's Stone." This created a myth that the symbol had an ancient Greek origin. The current view of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is that the symbol "reinforces the idea" that the Olympic Movement is international and welcomes all countries of

3901-590: The main BBC Studios offices in Broadcast Centre in 2018. The One Show studio was located in the Energy Centre from 2007 to 2013 before moving to the newly built Peel Wing of Broadcasting House . In March 2019, BBC Research & Development moved into the Lighthouse building, having vacated Centre House on Wood Lane. A new building, Gateway Central, was constructed in 2022 and will be

3984-548: The new Molecular Sciences Research Hub on the campus in 2018, with further departments and industry partners moving to the campus and surrounding area over the coming years. The campus is also home to the Invention Rooms, a college hackerspace and community outreach centre. Schools in the area include Ark Burlington Danes Academy and Phoenix Academy Olympic symbols The International Olympic Committee (IOC) uses icons, flags, and symbols to elevate

4067-492: The next organizing committee, Nanjing 2014 . For the inaugural winter Youth Olympic Games , an Olympic flag was presented to the IOC at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics by the city of Innsbruck , Austria , and has since then been passed on to the next organizing city of the Winter Youth Olympics. The modern tradition of moving the Olympic flame via a relay system from Greece to the Olympic venue began with

4150-698: The official hymn by the IOC until 1958. In the following years, every hosting location commissioned the composition of a specific Olympic hymn for their own edition of the Games until the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. Other notable Olympic anthems and fanfares include: Several other composers have contributed Olympic music, including Henry Mancini , Francis Lai , Marvin Hamlisch , Philip Glass , David Foster , Mikis Theodorakis , Ryuichi Sakamoto , Vangelis , Basil Poledouris , Michael Kamen , and Mark Watters . The kotinos ( Greek : κότινος ),

4233-475: The paper. These five rings represent the five parts of the world now won over to Olympism, ready to accept its fruitful rivalries. In addition, the six colours combined in this way reproduce the colours of every country without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the tricolor flags of France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Hungary, and

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4316-480: The piazza. [REDACTED] Media related to BBC White City at Wikimedia Commons White City, London White City is a district of London , England, in the northern part of Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham , 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross . White City is home to Television Centre , White City Place , Westfield London and Loftus Road ,

4399-491: The process of redeveloping the site into White City Place , which will provide 5,000+ new homes, 2 million square feet of commercial office space, 30 acres of public space, and 19,000 jobs. To house the growing population of Shepherd's Bush, a five-storey housing estate was built in the late 1930s and after World War II , which also took the name of the White City. Streets were named after countries that had featured in

4482-692: The redevelopment of Broadcasting House. Media Centre was used for broadcasts of Watchdog and Rogue Traders as well as a filming location for The Thick of It . Some BBC Television-making departments were located in Media Centre following the vacating of Television Centre in 2013 including Comedy, Entertainment & Events and Factual. The BBC then left Media Centre and Garden House, with staff relocated to Broadcast Centre, Broadcasting House, Grafton House and some to MediaCityUK in Salford. Media Centre and Garden House closed on 10 July 2015 following

4565-430: The returned flag is not the one that was used in the 1920 opening ceremony, as the original flag was much larger than the one returned by Prieste. The Oslo flag was presented to the IOC by the mayor of Oslo , Norway, during the 1952 Winter Olympics . Between 1952 and 2014, the flag was passed to the next organizing city for the Winter Olympics , with its last appearance in Sochi in the 2014 Winter Olympics . Currently,

4648-411: The right arm and hand stretched and pointing upward, the palm outward and downward, with the fingers touching. However, unlike the Roman Salute, the arm is raised higher and at an angle to the right from the shoulder. The greeting is visible on the official posters of the games at Paris 1924 and Berlin 1936 . The Olympic salute has fallen out of use since World War II because of its resemblance to

4731-473: The sale to Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan. It was stated that the BBC received £87 million for the sale. At the time of its closure in July 2015, Garden House was mainly occupied by Atos and associated sub-contractors' teams following the sale of BBC Technology to Siemens in 2004. Broadcast Centre continued to house BBC Design & Engineering staff, BBC Global News , BBC Studios production staff and Marketing and Audiences staff until 2020. The majority of

4814-446: The second phase of the development began in September 2001 and the site was officially opened in May 2004 and was known as the Media Village. It consists of five further buildings in addition to White City One – Media Centre , Broadcast Centre , Energy Centre , Garden House and the Lighthouse . The buildings were designed by Allies and Morrison Architects and Buro Happold and built by Bovis Lend Lease . In addition to BBC offices,

4897-434: The site included a post office, a Tesco Express , a Starbucks , a Davy's wine bar and several other retail outlets, many of which have now been replaced. To pay for construction costs, the BBC signed a 30-year deal with Land Securities Trillium , Britain's largest property developer. The rear of Media Centre included gardens designed by Christopher Bradley-Hole. A poem Voices of White City by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion

4980-427: The site providing connectivity with the local area, including Hammersmith Park. BBC Studioworks (formerly BBC S&PP) moved back to Television Centre in 2017 to operate Studios 1, 2 and 3. BBC Worldwide moved into office space in the Stage 6 building following extensive refurbishment in 2015. Landowners in the area, including White City Living by St James, Westfield London, Stanhope and Imperial College London are in

5063-429: The time. Upon its initial introduction, Coubertin stated the following in the August 1913 edition of Olympique : ... the six colours [including the flag's white background] combined in this way reproduce the colours of every country without exception. The blue and yellow of Sweden, the blue and white of Greece, the tricolour flags of France, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Hungary, and

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5146-423: The top three finishers in a particular event. Each medal for an Olympiad has a common design, decided upon by the organizers for the particular games. However, while the creators of the Winter Games medals have complete freedom to choose their designs, this does not apply to the Summer Games medals; the obverse side of the medals have an image of Nike , the Greek goddess of victory, holding a palm in her left hand and

5229-406: The use of Olympic Symbols through an international treaty and the IOC's demand for the enactment of laws in hosting locations to grant special trademark protection to Olympic Symbols. In 1981, the Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the Olympic Symbol (Nairobi Treaty), a treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization , was signed by fifty-two states. All fifty-two signatories to

5312-433: The word "Olympic". The rings are not eligible for copyright protection , both because of their date of creation and because five circles arranged in a pattern do not reach the threshold of originality required to be copyrighted. The movement has taken action against numerous groups alleged to have violated their trademarks, including the Gay Games ; the Minneapolis -based band The Hopefuls , formerly The Olympic Hopefuls;

5395-510: The world to join. As can be read in the Olympic Charter , the Olympic symbol represents the union of the " five continents " of the world and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. However, no continent is represented by any specific ring. The 1949–50 edition of the IOC's "Green Booklet" stated that each colour corresponded to a particular continent: "blue for Europe , yellow for Asia , black for Africa , green for Australia , and red for America ". This assertion

5478-430: The yellow and red of Spain are included, as are the innovative flags of Brazil and Australia, and those of ancient Japan and modern China. This, truly, is an international emblem. In his article published in the Olympic Revue, the official magazine of the International Olympic Committee, in November 1992, the American historian Robert Barney explains that the idea of the interlaced rings came to Pierre de Coubertin when he

5561-414: The yellow and red of Spain are included, as are the innovative flags of Brazil and Australia, and those of ancient Japan and modern China. This, truly, is an international emblem. It was made to be turned into a flag, and the look of the flag would be perfect. It is a light, appealing flag, a delight to see fluttering in the wind. Its meaning is largely symbolic. Its success is assured, to the point that after

5644-400: Was "All other men are participating in the Olympic Games". And when asked "What is the prize for the winner?", "An olive-wreath" came the answer. Then Tigranes , one of his generals uttered a most noble saying: "Good heavens! Mardonius , what kind of men are these against whom you have brought us to fight? Men who do not compete for possessions, but for honour." However, in later times, this

5727-467: Was "a tin-pot freighter, inefficient, ugly, and old before its time." Rachid Errtibi, a facilities coordinator at the BBC reflected that "most staff disliked the White City building for one reason or another [but] the building did have a unique character, and was flexible enough to accommodate any new departments at short notice – achieved simply and quickly by putting up a few glass partition panels and rearranging furniture, at minimum cost." Construction of

5810-440: Was brought out of retirement for one last rodeo. The month-long rodeo was held from 9 June to 6 July with ten shows per week. Pathé News filmed some of the events. The Stadium was home to the White City Rebels motorcycle speedway team, part of the inaugural British League in 1929 and from 1976 to 1978. Speedway was run first in 1928 and occasional meetings were run from 1953 to 1958, in 1961 and from 1979 to 1983. The stadium

5893-415: Was demolished starting in late 1984 to make way for the BBC White City building. The athletes of the 1908 Summer Olympics are commemorated with a list inscribed on the side of the BBC Broadcast Centre Building, and the athletics finish line is marked in the paving outside the building. In 1960, BBC Television Centre was built at the former site of the White City Stadium. It was damaged by the Real IRA in

5976-677: Was in London in the 2012 Summer Olympics . As a successor to the Seoul Flag, the Rio de Janeiro flag was presented to the IOC at the 2016 Summer Olympics by the city of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil, and has since been passed to the next organizing cities of the Summer Olympics . As a successor to the Oslo Flag, the Pyeongchang flag was presented to the IOC at the 2018 Winter Olympics by

6059-517: Was in charge of the USFSA , an association founded by the union of two French sports associations and until 1925, responsible for representing the International Olympic Committee in France: The emblem of the union was two interlaced rings (like the vesica piscis typical interlaced marriage rings) and originally the idea of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung : for him, the ring symbolized continuity and

6142-483: Was inlaid into the paving in the piazza. The site featured artworks such as Simon Patterson 's art wall in Broadcast Centre which is based on First World War dazzle camouflage and Yuko Shiraishi's mural in Media Centre reception. She was also responsible for the overall colour scheme in both buildings. Energy Centre features the Olympic Rings as a marker of the finishing line of the 1908 Olympic marathon , with

6225-552: Was intended that the Garden House and Lighthouse would be leased by independent production companies working with the BBC. The Media Centre was the global headquarters for the BBC's for-profit publishing subsidiary BBC Worldwide from 2008 until 2015, when it moved into the former BBC News annex of Television Centre. Media Centre also housed non-broadcast divisions of the BBC which had been moved from central London to make way for

6308-502: Was later removed on 15 August 2016 in version 2.16.9. It consisted of five U+25EF ◯ LARGE CIRCLE characters joined with U+200D ZERO WIDTH JOINER s, forming a joined character sequence . It is assumed that this was part of a temporary agreement with the International Olympic Committee. On Android, WhatsApp's emoji keyboard included the symbol at the end of the sports section. However, on iOS, WhatsApp doesn't have an emoji keyboard so users had to copy and paste

6391-510: Was not their only reward; the athlete was rewarded with a generous sum of money by his country. The kotinos tradition was renewed specifically for the Athens 2004 Games, although in this case it was bestowed together with the gold medal. Apart from its use in the awards ceremonies, the kotinos was chosen as the 2004 Summer Olympics emblem. The Olympic salute is a variant of the Roman salute , with

6474-432: Was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin upon the creation of the International Olympic Committee. Coubertin borrowed it from his friend Henri Didon , a Dominican priest who was an athletics enthusiast. Coubertin said that "these three words represent a programme of moral beauty. The aesthetics of sport are intangible". The motto was introduced in 1924 at the Olympic Games in Paris. Coubertin's Olympic ideals are expressed in

6557-408: Was redeveloped but original features of the buildings including the "doughnut", atomic dot wall and Helios statue were retained. The redeveloped Television Centre was opened to the public and will offer entertainment and leisure facilities, including a new branch of members' club Soho House, offices aimed at the creative sector and approximately 1,000 new homes, together with pedestrian access through

6640-471: Was retired. In 1997, at a banquet hosted by the US Olympic Committee, a reporter was interviewing Hal Haig Prieste who had won a bronze medal in platform diving as a member of the 1920 US Olympic team. The reporter mentioned that the IOC had not been able to find out what had happened to the original Olympic flag. "I can help you with that," Prieste said, "It's in my suitcase." At the end of

6723-485: Was reversed in 1951 because there was no evidence that Coubertin had intended it: "at the very most he might perhaps have admitted it afterwards". Nevertheless, the pre-2014 logo of the Association of National Olympic Committees placed the logo of each of its five continental associations inside the ring of the corresponding colour. An Olympic Rings emoji was added to WhatsApp on 24 July 2016 in version 2.16.7, it

6806-589: Was scrapped and the building instead became office space with fifty edit suites, various Television production teams, the Digital Switchover team, BBC Academy , the Children in Need charity and parts of Operations and HR, as well as a large restaurant. It housed most of the BBC's current affairs and factual and learning programmes, such as Panorama , Top Gear (where it featured in a segment about

6889-460: Was used extensively during the opening and closing ceremonies, had a TV animated cartoon, and appeared on several merchandise products. Nowadays, most of the merchandise aimed at young people focuses on the mascots, rather than the Olympic flag or organization logos. The Olympic movement is very protective of its symbols, and many jurisdictions have given the movement exclusive trademark rights to any interlocking arrangement of five rings, and usage of

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