Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Pierre de Coubertin kpebisịrị na 1894 ịmaliteghachi Egwuregwu Olimpik, e mere nkwadebe iji hazie Olimpik nke oge a nke mbụ n'Atens. Otu n'ime agbụrụ ndị ahụ gaje ịbụ marathon, ihe omume a na-emebeghị mbụ. Ọ bụ onye France bụ Michel Bréal tụrụ aro ya, onye sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke akụkọ banyere onye ozi Pheidippides, onye si Marathon gbagoro Atens iji kwupụta mmeri ndị Atens na
Agha nke Marathon ma nwụọ.