The modern Olympics were the brainchild of Baron Pierre ... These problems – known as the "winner's curse" – have a long history. Debts from the 1976 Montreal Olympics were only paid off ...

A rare gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis is being auctioned off as part of a larger collection of memorabilia ...

1924. (Photo by: Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Art competitions formed part of the modern Olympics during its early years, from 1912 to 1948. The competitions were ...

Here’s some history along with how it works and ... the man credited for creating and introducing the modern event in the 1912 Olympics. He was inspired by the “ancient” style of the event ...

The future of an athletics event which inspired the birth of the modern Olympics is in ... as a "very special place in the history of the Olympic games," but said the current running track ...

In team dressage, 52-year-old Reiner Klimke, participating in his sixth Olympics for West Germany, became the most decorated equestrian rider in Olympic history when he claimed ... Equestrian events ...

In the history of the modern Olympic Games, no other country is even close to Team USA’s total medal count. Since competing in Athens in 1896, the United States has won 2,985 total medals ...

Modern pentathlon was created by the founder of the modern Olympics, Baron Pierre de Coubertin as an homage ... South Korea’s Seong Seung-Min looks to make history as the youngest female medalist in ...

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John Helmick, the treasurer of the governing body of modern pentathlon, is facing a disciplinary investigation for "alleged credentials irregularities" and has left the Olympic Games in Paris.