Summary
TWO lines! Fifteen words! Today's newspapers will be more full than Sir Steve Redgrave's medal cabinet with pictures of the spectacular opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Athens. But The Northern Echo of 1896 devoted just two lines and 15 words to the opening in Athens of the first modern Olympic Games.
On the second day, there was a paragraph recording that the Greek royal family was enjoying the Games and the nice weather. The paragraph included a couple of results, and mentioned that "weight- lifting by one hand was won by Elliot of England".See the full content of this document
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How the Games Began in Style
This was, in fact, Britain's first gold medal (actually silver as in 1896 first place got silver, second bronze and third no...
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