Multiple choice

Who proposed the introduction of marathon race in the Olympics?

  1. Micheal Breal

  2. John Done

  3. Julius Rinet

  4. None of these

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Explanation

Michel Breal, a French philologist and friend of Pierre de Coubertin, proposed the inclusion of a long-distance run in the first modern Olympics in 1896. The race was inspired by the legend of Pheidippides running from Marathon to Athens.