PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agoCyclists in the Tour de France sharing a smoke, France, 1920media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down11
arrow-up1186arrow-down1imageCyclists in the Tour de France sharing a smoke, France, 1920media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareTomMasz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoThey thought it “opened up the lungs.” If you want more insight into early 20th century sports, check out this account of the first modern Olympic marathon.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·4 months agoI never thought about it before reading the article you posted, but WTF? Holding the first modern games in Athens is obvious. Going to Paris next makes sense; it’s one of the most prominent cities in the world (and was possibly even more so in 1900). But St. Louis, Missouri?! I’m reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics to figure out how the fuck it happened, and yep, the story is pretty stupid.
minus-squarecabillaud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoPierre de Coubertin invented modern Olympic Games, that’s why Paris was 2nd on the list.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoBut even if he hadn’t, Paris would’ve been a reasonable choice. St. Louis, not so much.
minus-squareAkasazh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-24 months agoThey injected literal rat poison as doping back then
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThe idea was to warm the lungs before entering the cold maountains, but it was really about the stimulant effect of nicotine.
They thought it “opened up the lungs.”
If you want more insight into early 20th century sports, check out this account of the first modern Olympic marathon.
I never thought about it before reading the article you posted, but WTF?
Holding the first modern games in Athens is obvious.
Going to Paris next makes sense; it’s one of the most prominent cities in the world (and was possibly even more so in 1900).
But St. Louis, Missouri?!
I’m reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_Summer_Olympics to figure out how the fuck it happened, and yep, the story is pretty stupid.
Pierre de Coubertin invented modern Olympic Games, that’s why Paris was 2nd on the list.
But even if he hadn’t, Paris would’ve been a reasonable choice. St. Louis, not so much.
They injected literal rat poison as doping back then
The idea was to warm the lungs before entering the cold maountains, but it was really about the stimulant effect of nicotine.