i explores whether that reputation is warranted, and what is being done to rescue Athens’ Olympic legacy…. Having seen the pictures from 2014, I thought I’d find much worse another 10 years ...

The 1896 Athens Olympic Second Place Bronze Medal, designed by J.C. Chaplain (1839-1909), with name to the right of Zeus. Undated photograph. The medal is expected to fetch between $20,000 and ...

When were the first Olympics? The IOC hosted the first modern Olympics in 1896 in Athens. The location was chosen as a tribute to the Games' origins. According to the History Channel, 280 male ...

Olympic Games list Athens 1896 - where it all began. 1,500 years after the end of the ancient Olympics, ... Zika virus concerns plagued the first Olympic Games held in South America.

The first modern Olympic games took place in Athens sixty years ago in a stadium holding seventy-five thousand. The American hurdler Thomas P. Curtis won the Gold Medal in his event; he also found ...

His first race was the 200m Butterfly at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. He managed to just eke out a win in that race, narrowly edging the competition. Since then, the swimmer grew exponentially and ...

Omaira Gill grew up watching the Olympic Games. Then, aged 22, she decided to volunteer at Athens 2004, ... The picture was taken the night they met, on the first evening in Athens.

In 1994, for the Spartanburg (S.C.) Herald Journal, I went to Norway, the land of my ancestors, to cover my first Olympics in Lillehammer. I immersed myself in the culture.

Since then at most Olympics, Greece has entered the Parade of Nations first. One notable exception is 2004 -- when Greece again hosted the Olympics in Athens.

The Olympic stadium is seen from above in Athens, Greece on April 19, 2006. Government officials say Monday, Oct. 2, 2023 a new inspection has been ordered at a stadium that hosted the Athens ...