tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post7196169797451549328..comments2024-03-29T00:33:16.988-07:00Comments on The Victorianist: "I declare the opening of the first international Olympic Games in Athens. Long live the Nation. Long live the Greek people." Or: The 1896 Olympics – Part One:The Amateur Casualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-92021534700590208962016-04-05T09:54:16.811-07:002016-04-05T09:54:16.811-07:00Google celebrates the 120th anniversary of the mod...Google celebrates the 120th anniversary of the modern olympic games. Here a Video with all images of the doodle (usually the users see only one): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA7tWOGcafk<br />Best wishes, MartinMartin Missfeldthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576999565067870752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-803405044374614072012-02-24T10:22:35.088-08:002012-02-24T10:22:35.088-08:00Thanks Hels,
Of course you're right about the ...Thanks Hels,<br />Of course you're right about the professional Olympians - in recent memory, anyway. But as I will explore next week, not all the athletes were professional when the Olympics made its return...The Amateur Casualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-56352617715703437142012-02-24T06:30:48.501-08:002012-02-24T06:30:48.501-08:00Thank you for this post. I love the Olympic Games ...Thank you for this post. I love the Olympic Games and cannot wait for July.<br /><br />"Coubertin saw a direct link between the standard of physical education in schools and the expansion of the British Empire". Now I am all in favour of very fit adolescents and physically active adults, but I wonder if Coubertin didn't over-simply the facts.<br /><br />Olympics, if revived, would be the key in stimulating physical and intellectual improvements in men (and in women?). I don't think it turned out that way because only the most elite athletes go to the Games; the other 99.99% of every nation's citizens do not go.<br /><br />That is not to say that the Games aren't hugely important. Even now, 116 years later!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com