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The Olympic Games is an international multisport event subdivided into summer and winter sporting events. The summer and winter games were each held every four years. Until 1992, they were both held in the same year. Since then, they have been separated two years apart. The original Olympic Games began in 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece, and were celebrated until A.D. 393. Evangelos Zappas sponsored the first modern International Olympic in 1859. The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the initiative of a French nobleman, Pierre Fredy Baron de Coubertin. The first of IOC's Olympic Games were 1896 Summer Olympics, held in Athens, Greece. Participation in the Olympic Games has increased to include athletes from nearly all nations worldwide. With the improvement of satellite communications and global telecasts of the events, the Olympics are consistently gaining supporters.