NEWS BRIEF Leonidas of Rhodes had a good run as the greatest athlete in the world, as far as most individual wins in Olympic competition go. His record lasted 2,168 years, until this Thursday ...

For four consecutive Olympics he won three races in the same day-- the stadium race, the diaulos race and the armour race. The stadium race was a sprint of about 200 meters-- or a test of speed.

Diaulos - this was approximately double the length of the stadion. Competitors ran up to a post, ran around it and back to the start line. Hoplitodromos - the “race of soldiers”.

ICYMI, Leonidas won the stadion, diaulos, and hoplite race at the 164-160-156-152 BC Ancient Olympic Games. When the 31-year-old phenomenon earned his 12th individual gold medal ...

(Michael Phelps in the men's 4x200-meter freestyle swimming relay final.Thomson Reuters) We all know that Michael Phelps is an amazing athlete, but according to The Washington Post, he's tied an ...

Michael Phelps won his 13th individual Olympic gold (his 22nd overall) on Thursday night, officially making him the athlete with the most individual medals in history. But while many have labelled ...