Though many believe that the first Olympians competed in the nude, this isn’t entirely true. Ancient Greek legend says that in 720 BC an athlete named Orsippus of Megara was racing when … his loincloth came off. Despite this, he continued to run and he won the race. Following his success, the trend of athletes competing in the nude became normalized, supposedly as a tribute to Zeus. Thankfully, clothing returned when the Olympics became popularized again in the 1800s.
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