馬拉松

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Marathon is a much popularized long-distance race event. Its whole-range distance is 42.195 kilometers. There are Full Marathon， Half Marathon， and Quarter Marathon. Full Marathon is the most popularized.

馬拉松是國際上非常普及的長跑比賽項目，全程距離為42.195公里。它分全程馬拉松、半程馬拉松和四分馬拉松三種。其中全程馬拉松比賽最為普及。

Marathon dates back to a battle between the Persians and the Athenians beside the Marathon Sea on September， 12th， 490 BC. Finally， the Athenians won the battle. Commander Millerdi appointed soldier Pheidippides to send back the good news.

馬拉松比賽始于公元前490年9月12日波斯人和雅典人在馬拉松海邊發生的一場戰役。雅典人最終獲得了戰爭的勝利。統帥米勒狄派一個叫菲迪皮得斯的士兵回去報捷。

Pheidippides was a famous fleet-footed man. To let the people know the news sooner， he ran against time. When he arrived in Athen， he was out of breath. With the only words “we won”， he fell onto the ground and died.

菲迪皮得斯是個有名的“飛毛腿”，為了讓家鄉人早知道好消息，他跑得飛快。當他跑到雅典時，已喘不過氣來。只說了一句“我們勝利了！”就倒在地上死了。

In honor of this event， Marathon was set up as an event in the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. And the total distance Pheidippides ran that year—42.195km was ruled as the distance of the race.

為了紀念這一事件，在1896年舉行的第一屆現代奧林匹克運動會上，設立了馬拉松賽跑這個項目。當年菲迪皮得斯送信跑的里程——42.195公里被當作賽跑的距離。