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Here’s why the Olympics have a French connection (and it ain’t just Paris 2024)

By THOMAS ADAMSON
Posted 6/28/24

While the Ancient Olympics originated in Greece, its modern incarnation is very much a French affair. The Games were revived in the 1890s by a French nobleman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. He now holds …

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