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Monday, August 22, 2016

Greek Olympic Marathon hero Spyros Louis did it all to impress a girl

How did a young man born into a poor peasant family who helped his father make a living as a water carrier plot to catch the attention of the prettiest girl in Marousi? Easy. Win an Olympic marathon. The summer Olympics of 1896 in Athens saw the revival of ...


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