The modern Olympics : a struggle for revival
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The modern Olympics : a struggle for revival
Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780801853746
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The 1996 Olympic Games marked the centenary of the modern Olympics. By most accounts, Baron Pierre de Coubertin was believed to be solely responsible for the vision behind Olympiad I in Athens in 1896. This text challenges this view, revealing that Coubertin was only the last and most successful of many contributors to the dream of the modern Olympics. The author presents a history of the Olympic revival movement in the 19th century, including two Olympiads - one in London in 1866 and another in Athens in 1870. He traces the idea for the modern Olympics to a pair of poems published by a Greek poet in 1833 and follows the tale to the village of Wenlock, England where W.P. Brookes held local Olympiads, founded the British Olympic Committee, and attempted to organize international Olympics. The author contends that Coubertin was inspired by Brookes and that, until the two met in 1890, Coubertin had no interest in reviving the Olympic Games. Instead of a singiular vision, Coubertin's contribution to the founding of the modern Olympics was the zeal he brought to transforming an idea that had evolved over decades into the reality of Olympiad I and of all the Games held thereafter.
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According to most accounts, the man solely responsible for reviving the modern Olympic Games was Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Now, in The Modern Olympics, David C. Young challenges this view, revealing that Coubertin was only the last and most successful of many contributors to the dream of the modern Olympics. Based on thirteen years of research in previously neglected documents, Young reconstructs the fascinating and almost unknown history of the Olympic revival movement in the nineteenth century, including two long-forgotten Olympiads-one in London in 1866 and another in Athens in 1870. He traces the idea for the modern Olympics back to an obscure Greek poet in 1833 and follows the sinuous tale to a small village in England, where W. P. Brookes held local Olympiads, founded the British Olympic Committee, and told Coubertin about his vision of an international Olympics. Coubertin's main contribution to the founding of the modern Olympics was the zeal he brought to transforming an idea that had evolved over decades into the reality of Olympiad I and all the Olympic Games held thereafter.
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