OLYMPICS
GAMES
BY
LUCA TORINO
FRANCO BAMBACAR
OLYMPIC RINGS
Each ring represents a continent. The blue represents Oceania, the
green represents Europe, the black represents Africa, the red
represents America and the yellow represents Asia.
ICONIC MOMENT PARIS OLYMPICS 2024
For us the iconic moment was Novak Djokovic getting his much
desired gold medal.
Even though Nole has the historical record of 24 Grand Slams titles, he claimed
winning the men’s singles gold medal for Serbia at the Paris Olympics was his
'greatest achievement'. In tennis this is called a Golden Slam
We invite you to share with us this iconic moment at Paris 2024
Novak Djokovic - Grand Slam and Golden Slam winner-
Nole, as fans call him, was born in Belgrade, Serbia on 22 May 1987. He is a
professional tennis player ranked N°1 for a total of 428 weeks. He began playing
tennis at the age of four and he won his first official ATP victory, he was 16 years
old.
Novack describe himself as fan of football and languages, speaking Serbian,
English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish to varying levels of proficiency.
TENNIS
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a
single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each
(doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket to strike ball over a net
and into the opponent's court.
The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late
Middle Ages and the modern form was originated in Birmingham,
England, in the late 19th century
The scoring system is game, set and match. The running score of
each game is described in a peculiar manner: 15, 30 and 40.
France, 15th Century England 19th Century USA 20th Century Tennis today
Tennis evolution through decades:
INTERESTING FACT
Argentina had his own N°1 world tennis player.
Guillermo Vilas was a left handed tennis player
and a 4 Grand Slam champion.
TRIVIA
1. Which is Novak Djokovic nickname?
2. How many Grand Slams Novak won?
3. What represents each olympic ring?
4. Where did the last olympic games were held?
