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Recounts the bizarre, controversial, inept, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to the return of the games to their birthplace in Athens in 2004.
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Recounts the bizarre, controversial, inept, heroic and plain unlucky from the first modern games in 1896 to their return to their birthplace in Athens in 2004. An updated reissue released in time for this year's event.