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体育英语之马拉松的历史

?The?modern?Athens?Marathon?commemorates?the?run?of?the?soldier?Pheidippides?from?a?battlefieJd?at?the?site?of?the?town?of?Marathon,?Greece,?to?Athens?in?490?B.C.,bringing?news?of?a?Greek?victory?over?the?Persians.?Legend?has?it?that?Pheidippides?delivered?the?momentous?message?“Niki!”（“victory”），then?collapsed?and?died,?thereby?setting?

a?precedent?for?dramatic?conclusions?to?the?marathon.

现代雅典马拉松是为了纪念公元前490年一位名叫费迪皮迪兹的士兵从希腊马

拉松镇的战场带着希腊人击败了波斯人的消息始终跑到了雅典。传闻费迪皮迪兹说完“成功”两个字之后倒地而亡，从今为马拉松戏剧性的结尾开创了先例。

When?the?modern?Olympic?Games?were?inaugurated?in?1896?in?Greece,?the?legend?of?Pheidippides?was?revived?by?a?24.85-mile?(40?000?meters)?run?from?Marathon?Bridge?to?Olympic?stadium?in?Athens.?Traditionally?as?the?final?event?in?the?Olympics,?the?first?organized?marathon?on?April?10，1896?was?especially?important?toall?Greeks.?Greece?was?

hosting?the?first?modern?Olympic?Games.?The?Greeks?had?yet?to?win?a?medal,?and?had?one?final?chance?to?bring?glory?to?their?nation.?Twenty-five?runners?assembled?on?Marathon?Bridge.?The?starter?mumbled?a?few?words?and?fired?the?gun,?and?the?race?was?on.?The?excitement?of?the?crowd?waiting?at?the?finish?line?at?the?newly?constructed?replica?of?Athens’?ancient?stadium?was?beyond?description.?Spiridon?Louis,?a?Greek?postal?worker?crossed?the?finish?line?a?full?seven?minutes?ahead?of?the?pack.?He?used?2?hours,?58?minutes,?and?50?seconds?for?the?40?kilometer?distance?(average?pace?of?7:11?minutes?per?mile).?When?it?was?all?over,?nine?runners?finished?the?run,?and?8?of?them?Greeks.?The?host?nation?was?ecstatic,?and?the?marathon?was?born.

现代的奥运会于1896在希腊实行开幕时，从马拉松桥到雅典奥林匹克体育馆的24.85英里的赛跑，又使费迪皮迪兹的传闻得以复活。传统上，奥林匹克竞赛中最终一项是马拉松，而它对于1896年4月10日第一次实行马拉松竞赛的希腊人尤为重要。希腊人主持的是第一届奥林匹克运动会，而且希腊人还必需获得1块奖牌，才有最终一次为国家贏得荣誉的机会。25名跑赛者聚集在马拉松桥上。发令员咕哝了几句话后就鸣枪示意竞赛起先。在按原样新建的雅典体育馆的终点线等待的人群兴致勃勃，简直无法用语言形容。一位邮政工人斯比里东路易斯比其他选手提前整整七分钟到达终点。他用了2小时58分50秒跑完了?40公里的距离(平均每英里用了7分11秒)。当全部竞赛结束时，共有9名选手跑完了全程，其中8名是希腊人。主办国欣喜若狂，由此马拉松竞赛诞生了。

The?United?States?was?one?of?9?nations?at