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This Olympic road race uses the distance made famous by the 1908 London course.

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The standard marathon distance is 42.195 kilometres. Source: Marathon ↗

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    The Olympic Village concept began at the 1924 Paris Games and is often reused as housing afterward.

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  2. 33These Games for athletes with disabilities trace their origins to a 1948 event for injured veterans.RECALL
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  3. 34This Olympic skating discipline combines technical and artistic judging and appeared at the Summer Games before the Winter Games existed.IDENTIFY
    Figure skating at the Olympics

    Figure skating has been part of the Winter Games since 1924 and briefly appeared at earlier Summer Games.

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