Born Out of Wenlock (Paperback)

Sprache: Englisch

Verlag: DB Publishing, Nottingham, 2012

1859839673 / 9781859839676

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Paperback. This title presents gripping story chronicling the history of the Wenlock Olympian Games, the pre-cursor to the modern Olympics. It includes a detailed Athletes Biographies section, listing every competitor that took part between 1850-95. It also includes a fascinating captioned picture section of vintage photographs. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, London Mayor Boris Johnson memorably said of London 2012 that 'Ping-Pong is coming home'. In fact, he might justifiably have said that 'the modern Olympic movement is coming home'. In 1850, Shropshire doctor William Penny Brookes began Olympian Games for the 'moral, physical and intellectual improvement' of the local population of Wenlock Borough. Within a decade he had donated a prize for athletics in Athens and was urging the Greeks to revive their ancient Games. He had also begun agitating for physical education to be compulsory at primary schools in England, an effort he sustained until the measure was finally passed in 1894. Brookes, with help from John Hulley of Liverpool and Ernst Ravenstein of London, staged Britain's first National Olympian Games at the Crystal Palace in 1866. W.G.Grace won the 440yd hurdles while simultaneously playing cricket for England at the Oval. Wenlock's annual games became an important focus for the growing band of men developing sport in Britain, but Brookes's egalitarian views on sport - that it should embrace all classes - temporarily fell foul of amateur exclusivity. In 1890, Baron Pierre de Coubertin travelled to Much Wenlock, met Brookes and watched the Wenlock Olympian Games. Within two years, Coubertin had decided to revive Olympic Games as an international sporting championship, and in 1896, the first of the IOC's Olympic Games were held in Athens. Brookes died just 17 weeks short of seeing international Olympic Games become a reality. In this engaging and lively account, Catherine Beale tells the story of the Wenlock Olympian Games, considers their influence on the modern Olympics, and shows why Coubertin, though he failed fully to credit Brookes's contribution to the movement, concluded that 'The Wenlock people alone have preserved and followed the true Olympian traditions'. Chronicles the history of the Wenlock Olympian Games, the inspiration for the modern Olympics. This title considers their influence on the modern Olympics. It includes a detailed Athletes Biographies section, listing various competitors that took part between 1850-95. It also includes a captioned picture section of vintage photographs. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

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Titel
Born Out of Wenlock (Paperback)
Autor
Catherine Beale
Verlag
DB Publishing, Nottingham
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
Zustand
new
Einband
Paperback
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN-10
1859839673
ISBN-13
9781859839676

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