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Explain Baron de Coubertin’s motives and Philosophy for the rebirth of the Olympic Movement in 1896.
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Explain Baron de Coubertin's motives and Philosophy for the rebirth of the Olympic Movement in 1896. Baron de Coubertin was a Frenchman who revived the ancient Olympic Games in 1896. This resulted from him visiting England in the nineteenth century and being impressed with the English public school idea of athleticism. Coubertin's wish was to draw countries together in healthy competition, free from political issues, with the aim of keeping the importance of winning in perspective. He also viewed it as a way of reviving French nationalism. He elected the first members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) hoping they would continue the spirit of the games he had created. To Coubertin, the Games were more than an athletic event; he wanted to enhance human development and make the world a better place to live in. Coubertin enforced this by tying the staging of the Games and his work with the...
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