GK
BASIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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The revival work of the Olympic Games was undertaken by Baron Pierre deCoubertin after a lapse of 15 centuries. The first modern Games were held in 1896 at
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St. Louis
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Paris
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London
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Athens
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Approximately 1500 years later, a young Frenchmen, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, initiated The Olympic Games revival. Pierre de Coubertin strongly believed that this global sporting event could be a platform for global peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1, 500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
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