Greek runners Charalampos Pitsolis and Stamatia Noula won the 39th “Athens Marathon, the Authentic” (AMA), which took place ...

Spyros Louis, the first Marathon winner of the modern Olympics. Spyros Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was a Greek ...

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Sung Seung-min, who became the first Asian female modern pentathlon athlete to win a medal at the Paris Olympics, ranked ...

Fly de Vesquerie, the horse which helped Elodie Clouvel to a silver medal in the modern pentathlon in the Paris Olympics, is ...

Is break dancing in the Olympics? The new Olympics sport explained The defining sprinting event, the 100-meter, alongside the 400-meter, was part of the first modern Olympics held in Athens in 1896.

But what are the rules governing swimming at the Olympics? History of Olympic Swimming Aquatic sports were part of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, with four events, including the 100-meter ...

Fly de Vesquerie, who helped Elodie Clouvel win a silver medal in the modern pentathlon, will be awarded France's Bronze Medal of National Defense. The other three to be honored are Dicton de ...