The Worst Olympic Event in History Tales From the Bottle

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'Tales From the Bottle' explores the story of quite possibly the most disastrous and hilarious Olympic event ever - the 1904 Summer Olympics Men's Marathon. • • The men's marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis took place on August 30 of that year, over a distance of 24.85 miles. Thirty-two athletes representing four nations competed, but only 14 managed to finish the race, which proved to be a bizarre affair due to poor organization and officiating. • Instead of having the marathon begin early in the morning, St. Louis organizers started it in the afternoon, and temperatures during the marathon reached 32 °C (90 °F). The race began and ended in the stadium, but the rest of the course was on dusty country roads with race officials riding in vehicles ahead of and behind the runners, creating dust clouds. The only source of water for the competitors was a well at about the 11-mile mark. • More on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athleti...

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