rach:
They used to give out golds for watercolor, writing, sculpture, architecture, etc. That ended in 1948. Sigh.
From the article:
The arts competitions were not part of the first modern Olympics in 1896. But the founder of the revived Games, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, had long toyed with the idea.
Writing in a French sports magazine in 1891, he proposed an event consisting of a 14-kilometer race and written essay. Not simultaneously.
That event never made it into the Games, but De Coubertin pressed on, declaring in a 1906 speech that it was time to “reunite in the bonds of legitimate wedlock a long-divorced couple — muscle and mind.”
Now how do we re-unite Muscle and Mind? Chessboxing.
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mikehudack reblogged this from thewordunheard and added:
Wow, that’s not something I would have expected. Totally cool.
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-dont-forget- reblogged this from rach and added:
really neat. thanks rach.
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culby reblogged this from rach and added:
From the article:...Now how do we re-unite Muscle and Mind? Chessboxing.
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thesophie reblogged this from thewordunheard and added:
I want to be an olympic gold medalist in ennui.
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