The most famous of these proxy conflicts was between the Greek states of Athens and Sparta. The Olympic rivalry between Athens and Sparta took shape in the tethrippon race, culminating in the famous story of Alkibiades, who fearing the continuation of a Spartan winning streak, entered seven charioteers from Athens into the Olympiad following, successfully breaking the Spartan winning streak in the event. . Just as there were conflicts between the Greek states during the Olympic Games, there were also conflicts between Olympia itself and the various Panhellenic festivals. The most serious dispute took place between Olympia and Isthmia, and it involved the "Curse of Moline". This curse has a complex history, but its basic ramifications were that the people of Elis – the city-state that controlled the Olympics – were banned from participating in the Isthmian Games. Olympia was involved in other conflicts with Panhellenic festivals like the Macedonian Olympics, which were a kind of fraudulent Olympics held in Macedonia, as well as with the Sybaris festivals. The Greek state of Sybaris decided to hold its own festivals alongside those in Olympia and attempted to lure Olympic athletes with huge cash prizes to compete in Sybaris; these festivals ultimately failed and ended after a few