GK
BASIC GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
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Question
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When and where was weightlifting introduced in Olympics?
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1908 at London
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1924 at St. Louis
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1986 at Athens
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1988 at Seoul
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The 1896 Olympics featured the first marathon. The race, conceived by Frenchman Michel Bréal, followed the legendary route of Pheidippides, a trained runner who was believed to have been sent from the plain of Marathon to Athens to announce the defeat of an invading Persian army in 490 bce.
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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