Greek History, Modern Olympics and the Military all have one thing in common - marathon running. A soldier, Pheidippides, completed the first marathon when he ran from a battlefield near the town of Marathon to Athens, Greece. Pheidippides covered approximately 26 miles to give the king the message - “niki’ (victory) - in the aftermath of a successful battle with the Persians. This is how the 26.2-mile race that we today refer to as a Marathon got its official name.

The Inaugural Caribbean Games scheduled for Guadeloupe, 30 June -31 July 2021, featured on the agenda of the first Executive meeting of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC) held at the offices of the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) earlier today.