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In the cover article of the December issue of the Journal of Olympic History, Stavros Tsonias and Athanasios Anastasiou discuss the first marathon races. While associated with the race at the first modern Olympics in Athens, in fact two marathon races were held in Greece in preparation for the Olympics. These are discussed in their article, “The First Marathon Races”.

A preview of the remaining contents:

• An analysis of Australia’s success at the Summer Olympics by Richard Baka
• Alexandre Miguel Mestre discusses the relationship between Olympism and the European Union
• A continuation of the JOH series on IOC members, from South Africa’s Henry Nourse (member 96) through José Joaquim Ferreira Santos (Brazil, #119).
• More articles, as well as recurrent items such as messages from the ISOH board, letters from members, book reviews and obituaries.

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