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23rd June 1894: Establishment of the International Olympic Committee
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2018-06-22 21:05:36
Description: The International Olympic Committee was founded at the Sorbonne in Paris. Prior to the ICO’s establishment by Pierre de Coubertin, the British physician Dr William Penny Brookes had established the Wenlock Olympian Games in the English market town of Much Wenlock. Although he always maintained that he had the idea of reviving the ancient Olympic Games for amateur athletes himself, Coubertin entered correspondence with Brookes and benefited from his connections with the Greek government. Coubertin was the secretary general of the Union of French Sports Associations and first proposed establishing the modern games at its meeting on 25 November 1892. Although ...
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