He called it religio athetae—the religion of athletics. And he fervently believed that the achievement of perfection of mind and body was the path to the world’s redemption. And so, Pierre de Coubertin, the French baron and pacifist, revived the ancient Greek games of competition, christening his new religion, “Olympism.” At the time of the […]
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