Modern Athens hums with activity.

现代的雅典十分繁荣。

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Aquatics include: swimming, Water polo, Diving, and Synchronized swimming.Swimming has been on the Olympic Games programme since the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.

奥运会的水上运动包括：游泳，水球，跳水，花样游泳。从1896年雅典的第一次现代奥运会开始，游泳就是奥运会上的正式项目了。

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For the previous 25 years, after the first modern marathon of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the distance had been flexible, varying between 24 and 26 miles.

在过去的25年中，自1896雅典奥运会的第一届现代马拉松以后，马拉松的全程摇摆不定，从24到26英里不等。

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When the Ancient Games were revived as the Modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, local hero Spiridon Louis won the marathon -- as he should have -- to bring his country international recognition and fame.

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The event was staged between Marathon, the village which gave the event its name, and the Panathinaiko marble amphitheater in the center of Athens where the modern Olympic Games were revived in 1896.

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Making its way to Britain, the flame will first take in Greek archaeological sites including the Acropolis and Olympic Stadium in Athens, site of the first modern Games in 1896.

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