| Gender | ♀ Female |
| Series | Holiday Special |
| Magical Item(s) / Animal(s) | Swimming cap, bike bell, trainers |
| Symbol(s) | Gold lightning bolts |
| Location | Melford |
| Special Thanks | Narinder Dhami |
| Publish date |  1 March 2012
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Olympia the Games Fairy is the 21st fairy in the Holiday Special Fairies series.
Blurb[]
When naughty Jack Frost steals the three magical objects belonging to Olympia the Games Fairy, sporting events in both the human and the fairy worlds start going haywire! Kirsty and Rachel must retrieve Olympia's precious items to save both the Melford Triathlon and the Fairyland Games.
Appearance[]
Olympia has long blonde hair in a ponytail with a side braid. She wears a lilac running outfit with a gold pattern on the legs, a tan-yellow tracksuit jacket, gold stud earrings, and gold and pink trainers in the UK version. She also has pointy and pink-tinted wings.
In the U.S version, she wears a red running outfit with a blue pattern on the legs, a blue tracksuit top, red stud earrings, and blue and white trainers. Her wings are pointy and pink-tinted.
Symbol: Gold lightning bolts.
Magic Objects/Job[]
Magic Objects:
- The Sparkling Swimming Cap: makes sure swimming events are safe and fun.
- The Musical Bicycle Bell: ensures cycling races run smoothly.
- The Tireless Trainers: makes sure that running events are enjoyable and successful.
Job: Olympia's job is to look after all Games and Triathlons in the human world and Fairyland.
Jack Frost's Poem[]
I want to cycle and swim and run,
And I have to win or it's simply no fun.
But I don't want to train and have aching feet,
I'd much rather steal and lie and cheat!
Olympia's magic can give me a hand,
So, goblins, off to Fairyland!
We'll steal her magical objects away,
Then lots of medals will come my way!
The sparkling swimming cap makes you swim fast,
In the tireless trainers I'll never come last.
I'll win with the musical bicycle bell,
I'm going for gold, as you can tell!
Story Summary[]
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The Sparkling Swimming Cap[]
Mr and Mrs Walker are taking Rachel and Kirsty to Melford to watch a triathlon, which consists of a back-to-back swimming, cycling and running race. The swimming race starts but the swimmers begin to swim in different directions, which Rachel’s parents and the spectators chalk up to the current in the river. One swimmer wearing a shiny cap, however, glides past everyone. The event organisers postpone the event to check the currents, but Rachel and Kirsty see something sparkling in the river bank. It’s Olympia, and she’s come because the Fairyland Games and everything is in chaos. Her magic swimming cap is missing and the girls realise the good swimmer with a sparkly cap must be a goblin with Olympia’s cap.
They decide to fly out to the goblin who is still swimming. Olympia disguises their wings like dragonflies and they fly out, but find that the boat following the goblin swimming is also full of goblins. One of the goblins in the boat demands it’s his turn to use the cap, and snatches it off the swimming goblin’s head. Through the fighting, they manage to drop it in the river, and the girls watch in despair as an otter swims over to it and carries it away.
The fairies follow the otter into her holt and see that she took the cap to use as a bed for her babies. Olympia makes a deal with the mother otter and magics up a cosy nest, in return for her magic cap. The otter thanks them, and the fairies fly out of the holt. Olympia returns to Fairyland so the swimming event can go ahead, and the girls remain as fairies to watch the rest of the triathlon.
The Musical Bicycle Bell[]
The girls have been watching the swimming race from a window ledge and the competitors are now changing into cycling gear. But as they get on their bikes and ride, the bikes start to fall apart and the brakes stop working. Once again, the race is stopped, and Olympia appears from a speaker. Turns out the goblins have stolen her magical bicycle bell too, so the fairies sit on the top of a lamppost to watch out for goblins. Sure enough, five cyclists speed down the road, and Olympia hears the sound of her magical bell.
Speeding after them, the girls hear the goblins arguing over whose turn it is to use the bell next. The goblin with the bell refuses to give it away, and rides ahead of the others. One of them picks up a twig and rides up to the goblin with the bell, and sticks the twig in the spokes of his wheel. Before the fairies can grab the bell, a race official appears and tells them off for cycling when the race hasn’t started yet. He takes the goblin’s noisy bell and walks off with it.
While the goblins argue over losing the bell, the fairies try to find a way to make the official get rid of it, so Olympia uses her magic to make it ring constantly, causing the official to throw it away in embarrassment. The goblins and Olympia race towards the bin to grab it, but the goblins bump into each other, letting Olympia swoop in and take it. The bicycle race is about to begin as announced over the loudspeaker, but Olympia invites Rachel and Kirsty to Fairyland to watch the running race. They excitedly agree, so Olympia magics themselves to the Fairy Stadium.
The Tireless Trainers[]
Rachel and Kirsty are greeted by fairy applause as they fly into the stadium and Olympia places the magical bell on a podium, along with the swimming cap and the running trainers. They settle into the royal box with King Oberon, Queen Titania and Bertram to watch the Rainbow Fairies line up on the starting line. The race begins and the seven fairies sprint off, only to trip over as their trainers have become too big, too small or the laces are tied together. Just as the girls are wondering what’s gone wrong, Samantha the Swimming Fairy runs up to them and points at the empty podium where the trainers were sitting. She tells them she saw Jack Frost take them and run off, so Olympia, Rachel and Kirsty decide to search the Ice Castle.
Once they get there, they see Jack Frost sprinting around the castle, yelling at the goblins in tow to do something with the trainers, which are making him constantly run. The goblins try a multitude of things, like catching him in a net or grabbing him as he runs past, but they all backfire. Olympia flies forwards and says she’ll get them off his feet if he gives them back, but he doesn’t want that and magics himself into the human world. The fairies follow and arrive at the running race in Melford to find Jack Frost jogging in the pack of runners. The rest of the runners start tripping over thanks to their trainers, letting Jack Frost pass the finish line first. However, one of the race organisers disqualifies him for entering in the middle of the race and not wearing an official number. Jack Frost glowers in the corner as the medals are presented, still jogging. The judge presents Jack Frost with an award for ‘Bad Sport of the Day’, the prize for which is a cabbage, and he is delighted to have won something.
Jack Frost jogs to a quiet area and pleads the fairies to get the trainers off his feet. Kirsty tells him to do a handstand to stop the trainers making him run around. The fairies manage to untie the laces from his running legs, and Jack Frost graciously magics himself back home. Olympia thanks the girls and offers to take them back to Fairyland to watch the rest of the races, but they politely decline as the triathlon is over. Olympia says goodbye and disappears, leaving the girls to walk off to watch the rest of the medals ceremony.
Trivia[]
- This Rainbow Magic Special was specially designed for the London 2012 Games.
- Aria the Synchro Fairy also has a magic object that is a swim cap.
- "The Tireless Trainers" are renamed to "The Super Sneakers" in the U.S version.
- Her book has been converted into an Early Reader book.
- The special word is:Bicycle
Etymology[]
Olympia's name comes from the Ancient Greek plain, Olympia. Olympia was the site where the first Olympic games were held, hence the name Olympic.
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