Post World War II
In his book entitled One Hundred Years of Olympic Congresses, Norbert Müller states that Pierre de Coubertin viewed Olympic Congresses “as intellectual guidance and justification” and “used them to unite modern sport, science, and the arts”. But the Congresses, especially those after the Second World War, were the catalyst for some significant developments in the Olympic Movement.
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