
The Fight for the First U.S. Olympics | Passing the Torch | 4
Published 8/11/2021

Published 8/11/2021
The 1904 St. Louis Olympics were marred by controversy and poorly organized events like the marathon. But at least they took place as scheduled. In 1916, after the outbreak of World War I, they were canceled entirely. A century later, in 2020, the Olympics faced another kind of test: a global…