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Races were held here since some 2400 years; Panathinaiko stadium is unique in the world in that it is entirely made of marble - with a view of the icon of Greece, the Parthenon.
When I approached the Panathinaiko Stadium, i tried to imagine how it would feel to approach this stadium in a race, the stadium filled with cheering audience. Although difficult to conceive, with the traffic behind, and the empty marble in front of me - but it must be amazing. The black track, the creamy white marble, the odd shape unlike the oval ones of modern stadiums, everything seemed remarkable about the Kallimarmaron. The fence of the main entrance was closed, and so were the fences of the surrounding park. Since I wanted to get in anyway, I searched for a way by walking around it - and indeed, found an open gate at the other side. Here, locals were training for the lack of places to run in this polluted and runner-unfriendly city: one of them told me that running one way from one side to the other was almost exactly 500 metres. I climbed the stairs that were put here for the 2004 Olympics, and the view I had so much wanted to see, unfolded itself in front of my eyes. The enormous marble stadium, the track that suddenly seemed so small, the view over the city with Likavettos and Acropolis at a distance. And above me, 5 enormous Olympic rings.
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