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A fact from Angling at the 1900 Summer Olympics appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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The page here says "No results have yet been discovered for these competitions". But at the bottom of this article (footnote 3), it says "The 1900 Olympic Games in Paris included "fishing" as an exhibition event. The foreign teams believed they should catch the biggest fish and threw the small ones back into the sea. Result: 17 big fishes in four days while the three French teams had a triple win with their 604+264+104 small fishes.... (Source: L. Brunnhage - Olympiaboken 1968, S. Lindhagen - Olympiaboken (1961) etc." Don't suppose somebody could look into this? --Camembert (talk) 23:24, 26 May 2013 (UTC)Reply
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... that although 9,000 spectators were present on Sunday for the angling competition of the 1900 Olympics(pictured), the total amount raised through spectator entrance fees was only 46 francs?
Source: "Since the Sunday admissions only brought in 46 francs, despite the fact that there were between 8,000 and 9,000 spectators watching the competitions from afar, the organizing committee decided to no longer charge for admissions on the following days. The refreshment bar barely covered its costs." (Mérillon 1901b, p. 74.)
ALT1: ... that when the Fishermen Society of Amiens(pictured) came back from the angling contest of the 1900 Olympics, they were locally referred in official speeches as "the first angling society in the entire world"? Source: The Fishermen Society of Amiens, a fishing society based in Amiens, sent at least fifteen fishermen (and one fisherwoman) who distinguished themselves by wearing the same khaki outfit and a wide-brimmed hat. They were also accompanied by a brass band and a canteen woman. Their exploits earned them a triumphant welcome on their return to Amiens, where they were referred to in official speeches as "the first angling society in the entire world." (Drevon 2000, p. 143.)
Article looks good. Nice work. AGF on the sources. I made a few minor modifications to the hooks / image caption. Another option, if you like @Jean Po:, would be simply: ALT2 ... that angling was once an Olympic sport? Thoughts? BeanieFan11 (talk) 15:51, 16 July 2024 (UTC)