Pressed by Coubertin, the IOC soon decided to aim for 1896, with Athens as the site ... and the King of Greece himself opened the first modern Olympic Games on April 6, 1896 (March 24 on the ...

Here are some of the highlights of the 1896 Olympics in Athens, when Spyridon Louis won ... Louis delivered Greece's only track and field victory. Despite stopping mid-race to eat an orange ...

Women couldn't compete in these Olympic Games. Runners getting ready to run the 100-metre course at the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece, 1896. (public domain) ATHENS, GREECE — The ...

ATHENS (AP) — The flame that will burn at the Paris Olympics ... Greece. Friday’s ceremony was held in the all-marble Panathenaic stadium in Athens where the first modern Games were held in 1896.

all in time for the 1896 Olympics – the first Games of modern history. The Panathenaic Stadium, which remains the finishing point for the annual Athens Marathon, is particularly impressive ...

ATHENS, July 29. /TASS/. Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Ieronymos has lambasted the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris. "All this is worthy of absolute contempt," the Orthodox ...

Humboldt County Special Olympian returns home after serving as a Law Enforcement Torch Run Final Leg torchbearer for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Europe.