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In April 1896, an Irishman [blank_start]by[blank_end] the name of John Pius Boland was in Athens...

...visiting the famous German archaelogist, Schliemann, [blank_start]when[blank_end] it came to his ears...

that there was a sporting event [blank_start]taking[blank_end] place in the city.

Being a keen tennis player, he decided to investigate further and discovered [blank_start]to[blank_end] his surprise...

...that the event in question was none other [blank_start]than[blank_end] the first ever Modern Olympic Games...

...and that [blank_start]among[blank_end] a variety of events it included a tennis tournament.

Being only of modest standard, he borrowed a pair of white trousers and a racquet, entered and won the gold medal. Encouraged by his success, he teamed up in the men's doubles [blank_start]with[blank_end] a German, Fritz Krauern, and won that too,...

...entering in the record books [blank_start]as[blank_end] the first man to share an Olympic gold medal with one of another nationality.

"The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning [blank_start]but[blank_end] taking part," declared the founder of the Modern Olympics.

Doubtless anyone who fought well and won in those first Games felt every bit [blank_start]as[blank_end] satisfied with their achievements as any of today's competitors.

By the way, the victory podium, along [blank_start]with[blank_end] flags and national anthems,...

...,was not introduced [blank_start]until[blank_end] the Los Angeles Games of 1932.