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... an eleven-hour-forty-minute match.

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... any gold medals.

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2,500 years ago ... a war between Greece and Persia.

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... a lot of battles.

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... a big battle in a place called Marathon, which the Greeks won.

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Answer explanation

won = past of win

This was important news, but ... any internet

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and ... any telephones. So a man called Pheidippides ran to Athens with news of the battle.

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• there weren't

Answer explanation

ran = past of run

He ran about forty-one kilometres. ... any good roads, so it was a difficult journey. When he arrived in Athens, he died.

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2,500 years ago ... rich footballers.

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2,500 years ago ... chariot races.