How did the modern Olympic Games begin?
Pierre de Coubertin organised a Paris congress in 1894 that revived the Games and created the IOC. The first modern Games opened in Athens on 6 April 1896.
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Why is a marathon exactly 26.2 miles?
The distance comes from the 1908 London Olympic course, adopted as standard in 1921. Why that course was that length is disputed, and the royal-nursery story is contested.
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