Showing posts with label first modern Olympic Games. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first modern Olympic Games. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

The first modern Olympic Games included one winner who"d never tried his sport before

First modern Olympic Games 近代オリンピック The first modern Olympic Games, which started 120 years ago today and are honored in aGoogle Doodle, included something more commonly associated with entitled children than ancient Greeks: a participation trophy. All 250 participants went home with a bronze medal.That"s not the only way the first modern Olympics, which revived a 1,500-year-old ancient Greek tradition, differed from today"s...
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