Olympic Motto and Olympic Motto and CreedCreed

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CITIUS - ALTIUS CITIUS - ALTIUS - - FORTIUSFORTIUS

FASTER - HIGHER - FASTER - HIGHER - STRONGERSTRONGER

CREED.CREED.““The most important The most important

thing in the Olympic thing in the Olympic games is not to win games is not to win but to take part, just but to take part, just as the most important as the most important thing in life is not the thing in life is not the triumph but the triumph but the struggle. The essential struggle. The essential thing is not to have thing is not to have conquered but to have conquered but to have fought well”fought well”

.1976: summer Olympics in Montreal..1976: summer Olympics in Montreal.

.1988: winter Olympics in Calgary..1988: winter Olympics in Calgary.

OLYMPIC HISTORYOLYMPIC HISTORY

The Winter The Winter Olympics started Olympics started off as a off as a competition called competition called the “Nordic the “Nordic Games”, which Games”, which began in 1901.began in 1901.

WWII stopped the WWII stopped the Olympics from Olympics from 1940-19481940-1948

Olympic MascotsOlympic Mascots

The three Olympic The three Olympic mascots are mascots are Quatchi, Miga and Quatchi, Miga and Sumi. Mukmuk is Sumi. Mukmuk is our “electronic” our “electronic” mascot.mascot.

My favorite mascot is Miga. My favorite mascot is Miga. Miga is a sea bear. She Miga is a sea bear. She lives on land and in the sea lives on land and in the sea . Miga likes to surf and I . Miga likes to surf and I like surfing too. Miga wants like surfing too. Miga wants to try snowboarding. to try snowboarding.

MukmukMukmuk

Mukmuk is a cybernetic mascot .Mukmuk is a cybernetic mascot .

Mukmuk is a Vancouver island Marmot who is Mukmuk is a Vancouver island Marmot who is cute and cuddly. Vancouver Island marmots cute and cuddly. Vancouver Island marmots

are an endangered species.are an endangered species.

HOMEHOME: Vancouver island alpine-sub meadows.: Vancouver island alpine-sub meadows.

HOBBIESHOBBIES: Eating, burrowing, making friends.: Eating, burrowing, making friends.

FAVORITE FOODFAVORITE FOOD: flowers, ferns, berries.: flowers, ferns, berries.

DREAMDREAM: to tell the world about his fellow island : to tell the world about his fellow island marmots.marmots.

FAVOURITE COLOURFAVOURITE COLOUR: berry orange.: berry orange.

The Olympic Inukshuk is the emblem for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It was inspired by the Inuit Inuksuk, a stone structure that looks like a human.•The Inuit Inukshuk helps guide people when they travel in the Arctic.•The 2010 Winter Olympic Logo is a symbol of leadership, cooperation, friendship and the human spirit.