1.0The Library Bloghttps://blogs.napier.ac.uk/libraryjemmalidgardrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="lHR7pvYnDP"><a href="https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/library/2021/08/02/the-first-modern-olympics/">The First Modern Olympics</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/library/2021/08/02/the-first-modern-olympics/embed/#?secret=lHR7pvYnDP" width="600" height="338" title="“The First Modern Olympics” — The Library Blog" data-secret="lHR7pvYnDP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/library/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> Despite Covid, Tokyo hosts the delayed summer Olympics of 2020 this month representing the ultimate challenge to the world’s top athletes.  Organisers estimate some 11,000 athletes, from 205 countries will compete in 330 events in 28 sports in front of TV audiences numbering billions. Today’s intense interest, however, contrasts markedly with the more haphazard nature of the very first modern Olympic Games held in Athens in 1896.      Reproduction of the cover of the 1896 Olympics Official Report (Olympic Studies Centre)    Then, 300 competitors, all men and mostly local, took part in 43 events in athletics, cycling, swimming, wrestling, weightlifting, fencing, gymnastics, shooting and lawn tennis.  These sports, with the […]https://blogs.napier.ac.uk/library/wp-content/uploads/sites/83/2021/07/Reproduction-of-the-cover-of-the-1896-Olympics-Official-Report-Olympic-Studies-Centre.jpg