KIN 2501 : Exam 3 Notes Not Completed
15 Mar 2019
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Beginning of modern olympics: 1896 1st modern olympics. Pierre decoubertin: 1st marathon, located in st. louis. 1916: no olympics due to ww i, were to be held in berlin. International sports betwwen the ww: post ww i (1918) Competitions in 24 sports in the inter-allied games (usa french) initiative: winter olympics for one week (1924, soccer world cup 1930"s, 1920s olympics saw introduction of olympic flag (has a color from every participating countries flag) Other regional games: 1926- central american games, 1934- western asian games, 1930- british empire games, 1932- jewish olympics. Jesse owen: buckeye bullet, born in 1913 in alabama; one of 12 children, his family moved o cleveland ohio in the early 1920"s. Elementary school teacher misunderstood him and called him jesse instead of j. c. (james cleveland_ In junior high, he began organized sport mainly basketball and track.
