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Before the modern Games were started, a committee was formed (International Olympic Committee) to work out the details concerning holding the Games. It was decided to hold the first modern Games (1896) in Athens due to Greece being the country where the Olympic Games were first held more than 2500 years earlier.
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Who was the founder of the modern Olympics?
Barren Pierre de Coubertin
What were modern Olympics games and events?
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When was fencing introduced in the Olympics?
Fencing has been a part of the Modern Olympics since the first Modern Olympic Games in 1896.
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The Modern Olympics trace their roots back to Greece. There have been thirty Summer Olympics and 22 Winter games held during the Modern era.
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The pentathlon is a modern Olympics sport.
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