Lausanne (pps) Every year on 23 June, birthday of the modern Olympic Games on 23 June 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris, amateur and professional athletes from all nations celebrate “Olympic Day” to inspire people for sports and the Olympic idea. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) promotes the 2013 event on the website (http://www.olympic.org/olympic-day). The majority of the 204 NOCs will be organising educational, cultural and sporting activities under the motto “Move, Learn and Discover”, which are featured on a world map.

In addition to these various activities organised around the world, the IOC asks the millions of fans to get active this June with friends, family or alone and capture the moment to enter a contest and win a trip to attend the inauguration of the new Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, next October. To upload the photos via the web or a mobile device visit the Olympic Day contest page on facebook (https://apps.facebook.com/olympicgamesapp/contest?id=1575) .