文档介绍：体育英语之马拉松的历史
The modern
Athens
Marathon commemorates
the
run
of
t
he
soldier
Pheidippides
from
a
battlefieJd
at
the
site
of
the
t
own
of
Marathon,
Greece,
to
Athens
in
490
.,bringing
new
s
of
a
Greek
victory
over
the
Persians.
Legend
has
it
tha
t
Pheidippides
delivered
the
momentous
message 〝Niki! 〞〔〝 vict
ory〞〕，then
collapsed
and
died,
there by
setting
a precedent
fo
r
dramatic
conclusions
to
the
marathon.
现代雅典马拉松是为了纪念公元 490 年一位名叫费迪皮迪兹的士兵从
希
腊马拉松镇的战场带着希腊人击败了波斯人的消息一直跑到了雅典。传说费迪皮迪兹说完〝胜利〞两个字之后倒地而亡，从此为马拉松戏剧性的结尾开创了先例。
When
the
modern
Olympic
Games
were
inaugurated in
189
6
in
Greece, the
legend
of
Pheidippides
was
revived
by
a
2
-mile (40
000
meters)
run
from
Marathon
Bridge
to
Olymp
ic
stadium
in
Athens.
Traditionally
as
the
final
event
in
th
e
Olympics,
the first
organized
marathon
on
April
10, 1896
wa
s
especially
important
to
all
Greeks.
Greece
was
hosting
the
first
modern
Olympic
Games.
Th
e
Greeks
had
yet
to
win
a medal, and had one final
chanc
e
to
bring
glory
to
their
nation. Twenty-five runners
assemble
d
on
Marathon
Bridge.
The
starter
mumbled
a
few
words
an
d
fired the gun, and the
race was on. The excitemen