Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. style="text-align: justify;"> The marathon is a long-distance running (Question 41)___ of 42.1995 km ‘26 miles 385 yards) that can be run (Question 42) ____ as a road race or off-road, for example, on mountain trails. The name, “marathon”, (Question 43) ____ from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, (Question 44) ____ was sent from the town of Marathon to Athens to (Question 45) ____ that the Persians had been miraculously defeated in the Battle of Marathon. It (Question 46) ____ that he ran the entire distance without stopping, but moments after proclaiming his message to the city he (Question 47) ___ dead from exhaustion. The idea of (Question 48) ____ a Marathon race came from Michel Bréal, who wanted the event to feature in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens. This idea was supported by Pierre de Coubertin, the (Question 49) ___ of the modern Olympics. The winner of the first Olympic Marathon in 1896 (a male only race) was Spiridon “Spiros” Louis, a Greek water-carrier. He (Question 50) ____ at the Olympics in 2 hours, 58 minutes and 50 seconds. Question 41:
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