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Movie Studio "Soyuzmultfilm"
division of illustrated films

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OLYMPIANS

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Zeus the Thunderer,

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having cast down the titans from Olympus,

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himself began to reign from it,

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and longed to celebrate that victory

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with competitions for strong
and nimble athletes.

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The god Apollo, patron of the arts,
in these competitions

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prevailed over Ares,

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the god of war, which is disgusting.

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The god Apollo was proclaimed an Olympian -

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a hero of the Olympic Games.

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A lovely legend.

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And yet, not from Olympus,

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the abode of the Gods,
do these games take their name,

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but from the village of Olympia,

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where for a long time,

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every autumn, between the reaping
of the wheat and the grape harvest

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sports festivities were organized.

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At that time there were
fierce wars between the Greeks

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which threatened to destroy Elis,

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the small state on whose soil
Olympia was located.

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King Iphitos,
ruler of Elis,

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wishing to save his people,

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turned to the Delphic oracle for help.

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How could his enemies be stopped?

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The oracle's reply was unexpected:

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"Call them to Olympia,
and organize athletic games."

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Iphitos made use of this advice.

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He went to his mighty enemy,
the king of Sparta, Lycurgus,

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and concluded a sacred truce with him.

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"From now on, all wars during
the games shall be stopped.

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And may punishment befall him
who comes to Olympia with arms!"

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Through peaceful games, Iphitos achieved
more than through military victories.

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Every four years, Olympia
became the capital of all Greece.

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Sing, oh soul

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a song of glory to the winner
of the Olympic Games.

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For know that, just as the sun is hotter
than all the stars put together,

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so does Olympia with regal splendor
overshadow all that is great upon the Earth.

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And so, we are at the first Olympics.

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Year 776 B.C.

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Involuntarily, our minds turn to
familiar intonations:

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Reporting live from Olympia!

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Forty thousand spectators have filled all
stadium stands to the brim on this sunny day.

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Now the Hellanodikas, the chief judge,

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will proclaim the opening of
the first Olympic Games!

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Do you all, happy
guests of Olympia,

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agree that those athletes standing in front
of you are worthy of participating in contests?

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The Olympic Oath sounds:

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We swear not to inflict injury upon our
competitor with intent or through negligence.

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We swear!

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We swear not to succumb to bribery.

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We swear!

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And to lightheartedly endure defeat and
not challenge the decisions of the judges.

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We swear!

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We now know what is Olympic peace.

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but we are yet to see the Olympic
excitement that envelops the entire stadium.

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Who will become the first Olympian?

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Who will gain the right to immortality?

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The first sensation!

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Breaking through to the front
is the completely unknown Coroebus,

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a waiter at an inn
in the city of Elis.

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Well done, Coroebus!

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Fast service has
trained him well.

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The top prize given to the winner

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was a humble wreath of wild olive.

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It was from the Olympics of Coroebus

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that the Ancient Greek calendar
began its count.

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Gymnasium. So did the Ancient Greeks
call their school and athletic hall.

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Children were first trained in sports,
and then in all the other sciences.

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The training, like the competition itself,
was accompanied by music.

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In sports, beauty of movement
was prized above all.

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While the guests feasted,

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the trainers tested the sportsmen
with abstinence and hunger.

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If you have done nothing dishonorable,
and diligently tempered your flesh,

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you may boldly go out to fight
and show yourself a man.

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But if you have indulged
in excess and laziness,

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leave us be and go your own way.

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We are back at the Olympia stadium.

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The 14th Olympiad,
724 B.C.

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The final long-distance footrace.

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Pay attention to the athlete on the left -

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this is Orsippus, a native of Megara.

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A debutant of the Olympic competition,
and a promising long-distance runner.

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Oh, what a shame!

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The punishment will now follow.

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The laws here are simple and strict -

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any violation is punished
immediately, in full view of everyone.

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And yet, look!

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Orsippus is overtaking his rivals!

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What a difference a real
will to win makes!

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What's this?

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In the heat of the competition,
he even loses his clothes!

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But he comes in first!
Glory to Orsippus!

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By the way, after this incident, all
athletes began to compete naked.

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When Orsippus returned
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They didn't let him in through the gate,
which was for mere mortals,

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but through a gap purposefully-
made in the wall.

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Afterwards, the wall was rebuilt.

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This meant that the victory
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could never leave again.

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A woman?

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How could she be
among the sportsmen?

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The presence of women
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was punishable by death.

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Pherenike, from a family
of glorious Olympians.

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Not having found a decent trainer,

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she decided to prepare her son Peisidoros
for the competition herself.

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Dressing herself in a man's outfit,

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she secretly snuck into the stadium.

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Peisidoros won five victories in a row.

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Pherenike's heart could not take it;

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overfilled with joy,
she ran out to her son, and...

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...and betrayed herself.

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The criminal mother was to be
punished, by the law.

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But...

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...the judges spared her.

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Their hand would not rise to
execute the trainer of an Olympic hero.

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Drawings on antique vases

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can give us hints about the origin of
some types of modern multisport contests.

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In the peaceful games of Olympia,
weapons were prohibited.

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For example, instead of a battle spear
they would throw a hunting dart.

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But where did such a strange projectile
as the discus come from?

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The following hypothesis exists:

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How was one to pass along to the besieged
the message that they should surrender?

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A reliable method of communication

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could have been a round, flat stone
which could perfectly cleave the air.

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With the same stone,

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an answer could also be sent.

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The most amazing mystery
of Hellenic sport

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remains the long jump.

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With the help of weights,

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the athletes covered distances

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almost double the
current world records.

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Perhaps they recorded the sum
of a triple jump?

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But here is how an ancient historian
describes the jump of the famous Phayllos:

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"This man

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flew a length of 55 Delphic feet

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(16 metres, 30 centimetres)

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and, landing onto solid ground,

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broke his left leg."

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Legendary became the name of the fighter
Milo of Kroton

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The Greeks compared him
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A shepherd's son,

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he once nursed a sick calf in childhood,

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successfully.
The calf began to increase in weight.

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And the heroic strength of Milo
also increased.

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He attained his first victory
at the 60th Olympiad

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and afterwards, kept the title of Olympian
for no less than a quarter century.

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Six Olympic games in a row.

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Such athletic longevity is
unique in history, even now.

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But not only through this did the
great man from Kroton attain fame.

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A disciple of Pythagoras,

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he was also the author of scholarly works.

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And Milo was not an exception -

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Pythagoras himself was
an Olympic champion.

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Many great Hellenes were
outstanding athletes.

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Aristotle and Plato,

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Aeschylus and Sophocles,

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Euripides, Socrates,

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Herodotus, Demosthenes, Hippocrates.

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They personified the ideal of Man -

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harmonious combination of intelligence
with physical strength.

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But there was also another side.

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The Games were not just beauty
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For the public it was
also a spectacle -

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an exciting, sometimes cruel spectacle.

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One time, the ranks of Olympians

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were joined by the Roman Emperor Nero,

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who wished to personally
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Hail the Caesar!

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He invited the best sportsmen of
the time to the contest.

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Of course the emperor came in first,

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supplementing his fame as a singer with
the glory of being an unbeatable sportsman.

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The Romans introduced circus performances
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the famous gladiator fights

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during which rivals fought to the death.

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The arrival of the Roman legions

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concluded the downfall of the Olympiad.

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Having existed for 12 centuries,

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it vanished into oblivion.

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But the flame that had been lit by the
first Olympians did not go out.

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After one and a half thousand years,

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the noble ideals of the Hellenic games
were raised from the ruins.

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A new Olympic era was beginning.

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"Healthy body, healthy mind"

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"Faster, Higher, Stronger!"

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