The greatest and most inspiring Olympic moments
The 2024 Paris Summer Games are fast approaching!
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The Olympic Games are the pinnacle of athletic excellence. The young stars who make it to the games are the best in their fields, and in most cases, have sacrificed a great deal of their lives to achieve greatness in their chosen sport. The stakes are heightened by the fact that the games only come around once every four years, meaning some athletes will only have one chance to compete. More than a century of Olympic Games have taken place, giving us countless stories of participants overcoming incredible adversity or achieving feats thought to be humanly impossible.
The first international Olympic Games held in modern history took place in Athens in 1896, and it's from there that we take a look at some of the most outstanding and influential incidents in Olympic history. Click through and applaud these memorable moments from the world's foremost sports competition.
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