When, in Athens on 6 April 1896, the US athlete James Connolly won the triple jump event at the inaugural Olympic Games of the modern era, he became the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years ...
A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis is being auctioned off as part of a larger collection of memorabilia ...
The auction house selling the medal, RR Auction, said that the 1904 Olympics ... first Olympic events that awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals to the top three finalists in each event (in 1896 ...
Although there were no women at the 1896 Olympic Games, 22 women competed ... by wrestling and fencing in Athens. Women boxed in 2012, in London, for the first time, and played rugby in 2016 ...
Nataliia Dobrynska won the 2008 Olympic heptathlon title, proudly wearing the Ukrainian leotard and spikes she has generously ...
Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens ... Olympics in 1896, but also to the ...
Cycling's history at the modern Olympics dates back to the very first Olympiad in Athens in 1896, which included an 87km road race - won by a Greek, Aristides Konstantinidis - and track races. There ...