nish of the marathon. It is the longest, hardest race of all. The name "marathon" comes from a village in Greece. A famous baffle was fought there in the year 490B.C, When Greek had beaten the Persian, a soldier ran all the way from Marathon to Athens—more than 40 Kilometers—to tell people the good news. When the modem Olympic Games were started in 1896, the organizers knew this story. The Marathon has been a race since then.
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