Anyone for obstacle course swimming? How some of the more unusual Olympic Games sports came to be
- Written by Wayne Peake, Adjunct research fellow, School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
The Latin motto of the Olympic Games, which Baron Pierre de Coubertin – known as the father of the Olympics – resurrected at Athens in 1896, is “citius, altius, fortius – communiter”.
In English, this means “faster, higher, stronger – together”.
The addition of “together” in 2021 by the...
