Nearly fifteen centuries after their creation in ancient times, the Olympic Games rose from their ashes in 1896, thanks to the dedication of one man in particular: Baron Pierre de Coubertin. Learn more about this modern undertaking in the following video.
Note: The tenses in this French article and its English translation don't match! In French, we use the present tense to describe historical stories like this to evoke a sense of immediacy, whereas in English, we commonly use the past tense - learn more about historical French tenses.
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