"You see the ushering in of the modern world, for better for worse ... and the rest of a rebuilding continental Europe. It was also the first Olympics commercially televised in America ...

The first competition in the first modern Olympics in 1896 was the 100-meter ... to be that you could false start once and be given a second chance. That was changed in 2003.

Breakdancing made its Olympics debut this year, while surfing made its second Olympics appearance ... expand to take in cricket and squash, and modern pentathlon will be included., ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

Greece held the first modern Olympics that took place in Athens in ... the host of the 2026 Winter Games, will go second to last, just before China. RELATED VIDEO: Still Grieving Father's Death ...

The Los Angeles legacy of the lesser-known bat-and-ball sport includes the likes of Boris Karloff and fields at Griffith Park ...

The sport of modern pentathlon was dominated by Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics. In the women’s event, Kate French reigned supreme, securing Great Britain’s first modern pentathlon Olympic medal ...

the Games. The first official modern Olympic Games dates back to 1870, but it was another 30 years before the first woman would compete in the 1900 Games in Paris. Yet only 22 female competitors ...

Paris is the birthplace of Pierre de Coubertin (1863-1937), who is known as the father of the modern ... for the first time since the Olympics opened its doors to women at the second Games ...