we celebrate the modern olympic games at opening.
when do we celebrate the modern olympic games?
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the congress was held on 23 june 1894 at the sorbonne in paris. once there, participants divided the congress into two commissions, one on amateurism and the other on reviving the olympics. a greek participant, demetrius vikelas, was appointed to head the commission on the olympics, and would later become the first president of the international olympic committee. along with coubertin, c. herbert of britain's amateur athletic association and w.m. sloane of the united states helped lead the efforts of the commission. in its report, the commission proposed that olympic games be held every four years and that the program for the games be one of modern rather than ancient sports. they also set the date and location for the first modern olympic games, the 1896 summer olympics in athens, greece, and the second, the 1900 summer olympics in paris. coubertin had originally opposed the choice of greece, as he had concerns about the ability of a weakened greek state to host the competition, but was convinced by vikelas to support the idea. the commission's proposals were accepted unanimously by the congress, and the modern olympic movement was officially born. the proposals of the other commission, on amateurism, were more contentious, but this commission also set important precedents for the olympic games, specifically the use of heats to narrow participants and the banning of prize money in most contests.
pierre de coubertin
sir mohamed muktar jama farah, , (born 23 march 1983) is an english distance runner. the most successful british track athlete in modern olympic games history, he is the 2012 and 2016 olympic gold medallist in both the 5000 m and 10,000 m. farah is the second athlete in modern olympic games history, after lasse virén, to win both the 5000 m and 10,000 m titles at successive olympic games. he also completed the 'distance double' at the 2013 and 2015 world championships in athletics. he was the second man in history, after kenenisa bekele, to win long-distance doubles at successive olympics and world championships, and the first in history to defend both distance titles in both major global competitions – a feat described as the 'quadruple-double'. since finishing 2nd in the 10,000 metres at the 2011 world championships in athletics, farah had an unbroken streak of ten global final wins (the 5000m in 2011, the 10,000m in 2017 and the double in 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016). the streak ended in farah's final championship track race, when he finished second to ethiopia's muktar edris in the 2017 5000 metres final. in his final track race, the 2017 diamond league final in zurich in august 2017, farah gained his revenge, edging out world champion edris to win his first and only iaaf diamond league title at 5000 metres.
mo farah