Kutheni ngobude marathon uhlanga kweekhilomitha ezili-42 kunye neemitha ezili-195?

Nangona esineengcambu isiganeko wezemidlalo elide ubuyela kudala, namhlanje umgama marathon esemthethweni wabonakala kuphela kwinkulungwane XX.

Imbali olu gqatso

Olu gqatso yokuqala balungiselelwa babekwa ngendlela ngexesha imidlalo yokuqala mihla Olimpiki zabanjwa elikomkhulu Greece ngo-1896. Yamandulo Olympic Games zange zifakwe kuluhlu iziganeko ugqatso kwi kumgama enjalo. Ingcamango olu gqatso mihla iphefumlelwe omnye welivo yesiGrike sesithunywa wasukela umhlobo Marathon eAthene kakhulu, akazange ukuyeka. Umgama kugqatso kwaba malunga-40 km. Battle of Marathon zenzeka phakathi kwamaGrike kunye nomkhosi wamaPersi ngowama-490 BC. e., ngokutsho legend, unozakuzaku ukuyixelela kuphela malunga uloyiso ezikumaGrike, wawa ufile. Ukuze imbeko kwisikhumbuzo isithunywa gqolo, umgama olu gqatso kuqala ezichongiweyo km 40.

umgama lwangoku

KwiMidlalo yeOlimpiki elandelayo kuqhutyelwa isithethe enye, ukuya kwi-Olimpiki London ngo-1908. Ngokutsho amarhe sizingise, umgama lanyuka nokubonelela indlu yakomkhulu. Koroleva Aleksandra wacela ukuba uhlanga yaqala e Windsor Palace - ngoko yena nako ukubukela zincinane amalungu entsapho yasebukhosini ukusuka iifestile izithole. Kwakhona xa isicelo ngokobuhlanga Alexandra laphela kwibhokisi yasebukhosini Stadium Olimpiki. Ngenxa yoko, umgama marathon ngo-1908 yaba ngeekhilomitha 42 kunye neemitha ezili-195. ukwanda Random azilibale kwimbali lwecala. Ngowe-1921, le ubude umgangatho liye waqaphela.

Namhlanje, marathons ziqhutywa yonke - ukusuka North Pole, ukuya Great Wall of China. In the US kuphela ukuya kuthi ga ebhalisiweyo marathons yonyaka ngaphezu kwama 1,100. Ukuba ngo 1976, ngokutsho uphando lwezibalo xa marathons kuyo ngabantu abangama-25 amawaka, ngoko ngo-2013 inani qhaza ngaphezu kabini.