Career
Aabye joined the team which then competed in the only tug-of-war contest, defeating the French team for the gold medal.
Aabye joined the team which then competed in the only tug-of-war contest, defeating the French team for the gold medal.
Initially, Aabye was not a member of the tug-of-war team but was working at the Paris Olympics as a journalist for the Politiken newspaper. When a member of the combined Dano-Swedish tug of war team was injured, the team asked Aabye to fill in as a last-minute substitute.