Specifically, Young points to Coubertin's assertion that ancient Olympic athletes were amateurs as incorrect.

Coubertin's earliest reference to the modern notion of Olympic Games criticises the idea.

Coubertin's advocacy for the Games centred on a number of ideals about sport.

In France, Coubertin's efforts to elicit interest in the Games among athletes and the press met difficulty, largely because the participation of German athletes angered French nationalists who begrudged Germany their victory in the Franco-Prussian War.

Coubertin himself was frustrated by the Greeks, who increasingly ignored him in their planning and who wanted to continue to hold the Games in Athens every four years, against de Coubertin's wishes.

Despite the initial success, the Olympic Movement faced hard times, as the 1900 ( in De Coubertin's own Paris ) and 1904 Games were both swallowed by World's Fairs, and received little attention.

Questions have also been raised about the veracity of Coubertin's account of his role in the planning of the 1896 Athens Games.

Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de Coubertin's Paris, respectively.

All of the games would be International Olympic Games ; the difference was that half of them would follow Coubertin's idea of organisati international, while the other half would follow the Greeks ' idea of a permanent home with the Greek NOC as experienced organizers.

The organising committee took de Coubertin's words to heart, and aimed to achieve an Olympic Games which removed those elements which detracted from earlier Games.

Originally, it had been De Coubertin's idea to hold the first celebration of the modern Olympics in Paris in 1900, but Vikelas convinced him and the newly created International Olympic Committee that they should be held in Athens, in order to symbolically link them to the original Games.

All of the games would be International Olympic Games ; the difference was that only half of them would follow De Coubertin's idea of organising them in different countries to make the Olympic Movement more international, while the other half would follow the Greeks ' idea of a permanent home with the Greek NOC as experienced organisers.

Young also suggests that the story about Coubertin's having sketched the velodrome were untrue, and that he had in fact given an interview in which he suggested he did not want Germans to participate, something he later denied in a letter to the Kaiser.

Thomas Arnold, the Head Master of Rugby School, was an important influence on Coubertin's thoughts about education, but his meetings with Dr. William Penny Brookes also influenced his thinking about athletic competition to some extent.

Although he was too old to attend the 1894 Congress, Brookes would continue to support Coubertin's efforts, most importantly by using his connections with the Greek government to seek its support in the endeavour.

This role was reinforced in Coubertin's mind by the tendency of athletic competition to promote understanding across cultures, thereby lessening the dangers of war.

The inclusion of physical education in the curriculum of French schools would become an ongoing pursuit and passion of Coubertin's.

Coubertin's legacy has been criticised by a number of scholars.

For example, de Coubertin's idea that participation is more important than winning (" L ' important c ' est de participer ") is at odds with the ideals of the Greeks.

This is a listing of Pierre de Coubertin's books.

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