Scenes of Pride and Glory at the Rio Olympics 2016

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I wonder if, when the Olympic Games first began in 776 BC, the Ancient Greeks recognised the legacy that they would leave behind. Taking place at the foot of a shrine to Zeus, the god of the sky and ruler of Mount Olympus, the sporting tournament happened every four years before it was cancelled by Roman Emperor Theodosius in 393 AD. By the time it was reinstalled in 1896 it was different, but also extraordinarily similar; chariot-racing had been taken off the schedule, but…