In 1896, a curmudgeonly classics scholar covered the first modern Olympics ... In the late 19th century, the Olympics were still seen as a decidedly Greek event, though the Greeks’ sense of ...

Every four years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and ... a famous princess who competed in the Olympics. She was the first woman to win a race as a chariot ...

He had won the bronze medal at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne in the pole vault, with a time of 4.50, after an epic ...

Rio Olympics 2016 will see over 10,000 athletes competing in 42 sport disciplines over 19 days. Over 300 medals are to be won in the first-ever Olympics to be held in South America. Find out which ...

LOUIS — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was ... On the other side, Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology, is shown alongside Zeus, the ...

On the other side, Nike, the goddess of victory in ancient Greek mythology ... the original ribbon and leather case. This was the first Olympics where gold medals were awarded and the Americans ...