{"id":25349,"date":"2024-07-25T11:17:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T05:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25349"},"modified":"2025-10-11T15:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T09:32:54","slug":"olympic-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/olympic-order\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Olympic Order?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Olympic Order:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the\u00a0<strong>highest award<\/strong>\u00a0bestowed by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-olympic-association\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Olympic Committee (IOC)<\/a>\u00a0for outstanding contributions to the\u00a0<strong>Olympic Movement.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was established in 1975, it replaced the\u00a0<strong>Olympic Diploma of Merit<\/strong>\u00a0and is awarded to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional merit in the cause of sport or rendered significant services to the Olympic Movement.<\/li>\n<li>The Olympic Order has\u00a0<strong>three grades<\/strong>:\u00a0<strong>gold, silver, and bronze<\/strong>. The gold order is reserved for heads of state and exceptional circumstances.\n<ul>\n<li>The insignia of the Olympic Order features a collar or chain with the five Olympic rings and the kotinos emblem, an olive wreath. Recipients also receive a lapel badge in the corresponding grade.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Olympic Order is a symbol of recognition for those who have made significant contributions to the Olympic Movement,\u00a0<strong>promoting the ideals<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0<strong>unity, friendship<\/strong>, and fair play that the Olympics embody.<\/li>\n<li>It is a testament to the IOC&#8217;s commitment to honouring those who have advanced the cause of sport and the Olympic Movement globally.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/sports\/paris-olympics-2024\/story\/abhinav-bindra-bestowed-with-olympic-order-award-by-ioc-2570357-2024-07-22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Abhinav Bindra bestowed with Olympic Order award by IOC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Order is the highest award bestowed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for outstanding contributions to the Olympic Movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-25349","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}