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February 20, 2026
High Hurdles and White Gloves
The first modern Olympic games took place in Athens sixty years ago in a stadium holding seventy-five thousand. The American hurdler Thomas P. Curtis won the Gold Medal in his event; he also found time to make notes of what happened.
TL;DR
- The first modern Olympic Games occurred in Athens.
- The event took place sixty years prior to the writing of the article.
- The stadium had a seating capacity of seventy-five thousand.
- Thomas P. Curtis, an American hurdler, won a Gold Medal.
- Curtis also documented the events by taking notes.
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