mmm, healthy!
Helps catch your breath on those long races!
And ensures you get your cancer later
It’s dmt
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.
in 1920, it really was the tour de France
now, i don’t know what it is
What’s that tube thing on the left guy’s shoulder?
Nicotine doping!
