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50 Stunning Olympic moments series in The Guardian

  • 29-02-2012 12:43pm
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    gaf1983
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    The Guardian are running a great series every Wednesday called 50 Stunning Olympic Moments - this week they focus on some stories from the early Olympic Marathons:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/feb/29/50-stunning-olympic-moments?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038

    It's a great read. I even learnt the origins of the Olympic Marathon's length:
    ...the princess (the current Queen's great grandmother) wanted her children to watch, so the start was moved by a few hundred yards inside the castle grounds, to a point just outside the nursery. That and the desire to place the finish line directly in front of the queen extended the length of the marathon, which had previously been loosely set at between 25 and 26 miles, to 26 miles and 385 yards, which remains the official marathon distance to this day. Those extra 385 yards, though, were to prove extremely important.


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