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From ancient fist-fighters to futurists on bikes, from starchy archers to a naked runner frozen in time … as the Games kick off in Paris, our critic ranks the finest depictions of sport in art.

The artwork in question was Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913) by prominent Futurist artist Umberto Boccioni. Activists from the Ultima Generazione group glued themselves to the plinth of ...

Umberto Boccioni’s use of diagonal pen strokes in his illustration ‘Dynamism of a Cyclist’ suggests movement. The incomplete shapes of the wheel also suggest speed and movement in the bicycle.