In the year 490 BC, a great battle happened near a Greek village called Marathon. ✨🎤The Greek army won an impossible victory against a much larger enemy. ✨🎤A soldier named Pheidippides was sent to Athens to share the news. ✨🎤

He ran about forty kilometers without stopping. ✨🎤He reached the city, shouted "We have won!" — and collapsed. ✨🎤His run became one of the most famous stories in the history of sport. ✨🎤

When the modern Olympics began, a long race was named after that village. ✨🎤In 1908, the distance was fixed at 42.195 kilometers. ✨🎤Today, millions of ordinary people run marathons every year. ✨🎤Every finisher repeats a small piece of that ancient story. ✨🎤