>Wow. I already knew some of the stories about that marathon, but there
>was even worse stuff in that video I had no idea about.

I should have linked the SB Nation page for it rather than going straight to YouTube; there are links to sources there, including a long-ass podcast on the topic of the much broader shitshow that was the 1904 Olympics generally. (It opens with what seems like a bunch of rambling and random quipsmanship, presumably because it's a live show and they need to get the injokes out of the way. :)

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