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The ancient Olympic Games included the marathon event.
False! The marathon race was actually not introduced until the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. The race was created to honor the legend of the Greek messenger Pheidippides, who is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to announce the victory in the Battle of Marathon.
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