Your doctor may recommend one of these procedures. 1  To look for early signs of cancer in the colon and rectum. 2  To look for causes of unexplained changes in bowel habits. 3  To evaluate symptoms like abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, and weight loss.
As it says in the Olympic Charter, the five-ringed symbol represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games.. Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Movement, conceived both the symbol and the flag.
The Olympic flame is a symbol of the Olympic Games. Commemorating the theft of fire from the Greek god Zeus by Prometheus, its origins lie in ancient Greece, where a fire was kept burning throughout the celebration of the ancient Olympics. The 2012 Summer Olympics flame in London was carried by Sir Steve Redgrave to a group of young British athletes. 2  The group of seven, nominated by British Olympic champions, each lit a single tiny flame on the ground, igniting 204 petals, one for each competing nation or territory during the Parade of Nations.