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When deciding on a name, initially "The big athletic meet on the mudlats" was proposed. Later, a second name "The Gata-olympic big athletic meet on the mudflats" was suggested. This was eventually being shortened to just the "Gatalympics". The term "Gatalympics" comes from the name of mudflats in
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