not in the mood to quibble except for this one-- #43, the first official marathon winner lived thousands of years ago. the modern olympic games are just a reboot and expansion of the original games which occurred way back when.
in terms of the official name, technically you are right. but didn't they have long-distance races in the original olympics? i gotta rep you for the correction, though...
The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C.
Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died.
The Athens Marathon is recognized as the original marathon course and it's the same course used in the 2004 Olympics held in Athens.
The first modern Olympic games were held in 1896 in Greece.
not in the mood to quibble except for this one-- #43, the first official marathon winner lived thousands of years ago. the modern olympic games are just a reboot and expansion of the original games which occurred way back when.
in terms of the official name, technically you are right. but didn't they have long-distance races in the original olympics? i gotta rep you for the correction, though...
The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C.
Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died.
The Athens Marathon is recognized as the original marathon course and it's the same course used in the 2004 Olympics held in Athens.
The first modern Olympic games were held in 1896 in Greece.
The modern Athens Marathon commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield at the site of the town of Marathon, Greece, to Athens in 490 B.C.
Legend has it that Pheidippides delivered the momentous message "Niki!" ("victory"), then collapsed and died.
The Athens Marathon is recognized as the original marathon course and it's the same course used in the 2004 Olympics held in Athens.
The first modern Olympic games were held in 1896 in Greece.
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