Coubertin akakurudzira kuti Mitambo iitwe panguva imwe chete ne1900 Universal Exposition yeParis. Kunetseka kuti nguva yekumirira yemakore matanhatu inogona kuderedza kufarira kwevanhu, nhengo dzemakongiresi dzakasarudza kuita Mitambo yekutanga muna 1896. Nenguva yakatarwa, nhengo dzemakongiresi dzakaisa pfungwa dzavo pakusarudzwa kweguta rinogamuchira Mitambo Yekutanga. Zvinoramba zviri chakavanzika kuti Athens yakazosarudzwa sei kuti igamuchire Mitambo Yekutanga. Mumakore anotevera, vese Coubertin naDemetrius Vikelas vaizopa zviyeuchidzo zvekusarudzwa kwemaitiro izvo zvaipesana nemaminetsi epamutemo emakongiresi.
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