Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. In the official report of the Olympic Games, an erroneous course description was published.
The actual exact course length cannot be determined, as several of the buildings and places referred to no longer exist today. Martin and Roger W.
John's Road St. Home International Years of the Marathon: It is commonly said that the distance was set to 26 miles yards because of the Royal family.
During the preparation of the summer Olympiads, it had been agreed that the organizers would include a marathon of about 40 km or 25 miles.
The British officials, desirous to accommodate the King of England, started the race at Windsor Castle and finished at the Royal box in the Olympic Stadium—a distance of precisely 26 miles yards.
Dorando Pietri, an Italian runner, leading the race was staggering badly when he entered the Olympic Stadium. He collapsed several times on the track. The crowd in the stadium thought he was going to die. A compassionate official, finally helped the semiconscious runner across the finish line.
After the event, the story was on the media for days. Some even reported Pietri had died in the hospital after the race. Next your tired trail legs face another major climbing challenge up to CP6 in the village of Pa Ken 2. After running down through more beautiful blossom-filled orchards you will turn onto the second exclusively 42k section through some dense jungle.
A short sharp climb then leads you to the VTM finish line among a stunning tea plantation. First name.
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