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The ancient Greeks used varying methods to train for the Olympics. What about nutrition – and sex? There were many athletes who tried to achieve peak condition by testing special diets. The ...

Leonidas garnered his last three golds in the stadion (a 200-meter sprint), the diaulos (a 400-meter run) and the hoplite race (a run performed while wearing armor). In addition, Thursday's 200-meter ...

The modern event evolved from the ‘diaulos’, a two-mark race that was contested at the Ancient Olympics – this length was akin to 400 metres The men’s 400m has been contested at every modern Olympics ...

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Allegedly, the whole notion of democracy was formed in the muttering aftermath of a particularly robust diaulos race when scunnered, grumbling onlookers decided they had see enough of Acanthus let ...

The first Olympic Games were held way back in 776 BC, when a bunch of ancient Greek guys decided to figure out who was really the toughest, roughest dude among ...

Ancient Greeks eventually introduced additional events like the diaulos and the dolichos foot races, along with the pentathlon, a series of five events including a foot race, a long jump, discus ...

The first Olympic champion, Cylon, tried and failed to take over Athens in the 7th Century B.C. But his army surrendered and was shackled and executed. We may have found their skeletons.

This 2,000 year-old record was held by Leonidas of Rhodes for his performances in three events — stadion (200m sprint), diaulos (400m sprint) and hoplitodromos (race in armour) — over four ...