Protest

08February 2025. S.Ć.

Kragujevac students: Relay marathon to Belgrade

Five students from Kragujevac are running a relay marathon to Belgrade on Sunday in order to invite colleagues and citizens to the meeting "Let's meet at Sretenje" on Saturday, February 15 in Kragujevac

Sport and Life: Olympism, Amateurism and the Greek Origins of Europe

31July 2024 Milan Milošević

The silver cup of water carrier Spiridon Lewis, the first marathon runner

How Spyridon Lewis, an illiterate water carrier from Attica without many opportunities in life, won the first marathon at the 1896 Athens Olympics; influenced modern Olympism more than anyone except Pierre de Coubertin; refused a free shave for the rest of his life; presented Hitler with a branch of peace from the holy olive tree in Olympia; he returned to his village of Maroussi and died in March 1940, a few weeks before the Italians invaded Greece