Four years after the success of the first modern Olympiad in Athens, Greece, the Olympic Games come to Baron Pierre de Coubertin’s beloved Paris, France. The 1900 Paris Games coincide with the 1900 World’s Fair, also held in Paris. Are the Olympics and World’s Fair a match made in heaven? Will the World’s Fair boost the Games’ popularity, or overshadow it? Will the 1900 Paris Games be a dream come true for the Baron, or a nightmare? Find out the answers to these questions and more in the first episode of Season 2!

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