races started from standing starts as in the long distance events
No. At the beginning of his career he ran without the starting blocks. But in 1980 he was required by rule to run with them for the Olympic games in Moscow, which he did.
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The Olympic Games that allowed professional athletes to compete were the Summer Olympics starting in 1984 and the Winter Olympics starting in 1992.
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There was no Olympic Games outside of Greece before the first one was recorded.
The Romans did not participate in Olympic games at all. The Olympic games were developed by the earlier Greek civilisation and died out before the Roman empire developed. The Olympic games were "revived" much later in the time of the British Empire (by the English).
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The first Winter Olympic Games held in Russia were in Sochi in 2014.
Olympia, Greece, home of the original Olympic games.