British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association: Difference between revisions

British Olympic Association and the British Paralympic Association (view source)

Revision as of 09:21, 13 January 2019

1,510 bytes added , 09:21, 13 January 2019

approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader

3,700,632

edits

@@ Line 13: / Line 13: @@
 The arms were officially granted on April 27, 2016 in England and in 2017 in Scotland.
-{{missing}}
+The principal element on the shield is a unified group of the floral emblems of the four Home Nations. Two of each are shown and arranged so as to avoid ascribing primacy to any individual emblem. Four chain links hold them together at the centre; these links stand for the four years of the Olympic/Paralympic cycle, but their shape is also intended to recall that of an athletics track. This is the only reference in the design to a specific event or group of events, and is sanctioned by the central role of the main stadium in all Olympic and Paralympic Games. The motto IUNCTI IN UNO ('Conjoined in One') makes reference to the union of the Home Nations within the UK, thereby picking up on the central idea of the shield. But it also alludes to the unity of the representatives of separate sports and, more significantly, of the Olympic and Paralympic teams within Team GB. The supporters are lions holding Olympic torches and crowned with laurel wreaths. Lions have anciently represented at least three of the Home Nations, and have stood for the UK as a whole for many years - thus the combined British Isles rugby team has long been known as the British and Irish Lions. The laurel wreaths are of course an allusion to the ancient Olympic Games. A third lion in the crest emerges from a crown composed of discs (representing gold, silver and bronze medals) between relay batons; the latter are less a reference to the specific track team event than to the ethos of continuity, teamwork and shared responsibility.
 {{media}}