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An MP at just 25, he was an archetypal Victorian hearty: a double blue in rowing and running at Oxford, he had subsequently swum the Niagara rapids twice, climbed the Matterhorn three times and represented his country at fencing in the unofficial 1906 Olympics.
BBC: The 08 Olympics... 1908, that is
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Unlike the three previous official (and the 1906 "intercalated") Olympics, it had been decided that athletes would compete in national teams rather than as individuals.
BBC: The 08 Olympics... 1908, that is
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As it turned out, it was another contest in Athens (in 1906, but without the status of a fully fledged Olympics) that reconfirmed the games as a Greek-inspired, but peripatetic, sports event.
ECONOMIST: Athens