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The revival of the Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 (thanks to French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin) when organizers revived them to encourage world peace and friendship and to promote healthy sporting competition for the youth of the world.
During your research about the Modern games consider also the following :
- Why were the olympics revived?
- Who was baron Pierre de Coubertin?
- What were baron's hopes and dreams in re-creating what the Greeks had established?
- Where were the first Olympic Games held?
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