53. Lausanne submits letter of bid for Olympic Games

The Olympic Games originated more than two thousand years ago in ancient Greece and was named after the venue in Olympia. Just 1500 years after the suspension of the ancient Olympic Games, the Frenchman Coubertin put forward the initiative of hosting the modern Olympic Games at the end of the 19th century. The Olympic Committee was established in 1894 and the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896.

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