Marathon is a mature sports event. Each city holds its own marathon long-distance race activities. Each country has its own marathon long-distance race and also has its own age-specific marathon race. There are also men's and women's marathons.

Marathon is a very popular long-distance running event in the world, with a distance of 26 miles and 385 yards, equivalent to 42.195 km (or 42.193 km). It is divided into full marathon, half marathon and quarter marathon. Marathon is the most popular race. Generally speaking, marathon refers to the whole marathon.

When was the origin of the marathon?

The marathon is a long-distance race with a distance of 42.195 km. The origin of this event begins with a battle that took place on September 12, 490 bc.

This battle was carried out by the Persians and Athenians on the marathon beach not far from Athens. It was known as the Greek Persian war. The Athenians finally won the victory of anti aggression. In order to let the people of his hometown know the good news of the victory as soon as possible, commander-in-chief milletti sent a soldier named fidipitz back to report the news.

Fidipitz is a famous "Scud". In order to let his hometown people know the good news, he ran fast. When he ran to Athens, he was out of breath. He cried out excitedly, "happy, Athenian, we have won." then he fell to the ground and died.

In order to commemorate this event, in the first modern Olympic Games held in 1896, the marathon race was set up. The distance of 42.193 km, which was the distance of the first modern Olympic Games, was 42.193 km. Marathon was originally a place name in Greece. It's 30 kilometers northeast of Athens. This is the name of the marathon in sports.

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