The silver medal was made for the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens in the summer of 1896. At the time, winners in each sport were awarded silver medals instead of the shiny ...

the first Marathon winner of the modern Olympics. Spyros Louis (12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), was a Greek water-carrier ...

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Greek runners Charalampos Pitsolis and Stamatia Noula won the 39th “Athens Marathon, the Authentic” (AMA), which took place ...

The Olympics have been going on since 1896. They only happen once every four years and they ... Then there are young athletes, like Katie Grimes, in their first Olympics, or their second. They ...

The Athens Marathon is inspired by the journey of the hoplite who carried the message of victory to Athens after the Battle ...

Swimming has been part of the Olympic Summer Games program since 1896. Alongside athletics, it is one of the sports with the ...

Just about 155 years ago, the first-ever college football game was played. As hard as it is to believe that college football ...

The 2024 Paris Olympic summer games have come and gone. Some 10,714 athletes from 206 counties participated in 32 sports in ...

The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

NMSU soccer’s Loma McNeese and Meredith Scott were named to Conference USA All-Tournament Team following the Aggie ...

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