Mark Golden, a University of Winnipeg professor who died in 2020, was a leading Canadian historian of athletics in the classical world.

Before London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics — its first since the postwar austerity games of 1948 — he published a paper, previously presented to fellow classicists at Ancient Olympia itself, titled <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;\u201cWar And Peace In The Ancient And Modern Olympics.\u201d&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://www.jstor.org/stable/41306144&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41306144">“War And Peace In The Ancient And Modern Olympics.”</a> It remains an eye-opener today, because it debunked but didn’t quite kill an Olympic legend that refuses to die.

The Paris 2024 Olympics will take place, as usual, against a backdrop of war.{ai:summary}<p>Mark Golden, a Canadian historian of classical athletics, debunked myths about war and peace in Olympic games in his groundbreaking paper. Before London's 2012 Olympics, he shed light on the ancient and modern Olympics' connection, revealing a deeper historical narrative. #history</p>

Olympics truce? Paris 2024 Games will take place, as usual, during a time of war

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