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

The 2024 Paris Olympic summer games have come and gone. Some 10,714 athletes from 206 counties participated in 32 sports in ...

The defining sprinting event, the 100-meter, alongside the 400-meter, was part of the first modern Olympics held in Athens in 1896. The first organised marathon race took place during the ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

Emeritus Professor Richard Holt – “Paris 1924: The First Modern Olympics?” Dr Heather Dichter – “After Denver: How Innsbruck Became the Host of the 1976 Olympic Winter Games”. FIFA Master Alumni Ms.

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

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 ...

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 ...

The L.A. arts community is already worried about slow planning for the cultural festival accompanying the 2028 L.A. Olympics.

The history of the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896 in Athens, was marked by this as well. A woman tried to take part in the marathon. She was rejected and prevented from signing up. And this ...